diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6290e0c2..6538ca91 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.9"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07d127e7..535b90d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.7.9...v0.8.0) (2025-05-27)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **sdk:** better control which classes we expose ([#254](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/254))
+* **sdk:** expose method to build an http client ([#256](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/256))
+* **sdk:** switch to `connect-rpc` for GRPC ([#244](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/244))
+* **sdk:** DSPX-1037 update sdk api ([#249](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/249))
+
+### Features
+
+* Add initial Dependency Review configuration ([#252](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/252)) ([ba11d49](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/ba11d4924d50ef33539a879818a1e9f53ced47a4))
+* **sdk:** add nanotdf plaintext policy ([#259](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/259)) ([be9cd94](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/be9cd94ba544f91289d64cfc2c7a1014bdfa1cb2))
+* **sdk:** better control which classes we expose ([#254](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/254)) ([e00eeaf](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/e00eeaf9768caaa793717b0ea3045cfa3c73debe))
+* **sdk:** DSPX-1037 update sdk api ([#249](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/249)) ([f2e1307](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/f2e1307ec7ed23289f32ddf620ab39692256c2c0))
+* **sdk:** expose method to build an http client ([#256](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/256)) ([2cac97c](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/2cac97cfdfdbcded64e0e205f968fca523dda4e8))
+* **sdk:** switch to `connect-rpc` for GRPC ([#244](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/244)) ([ff36a1d](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/ff36a1d90f7f2fdf876b892001c8c8d32425db09))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sdk:** add coverage ([#258](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/258)) ([e6ad1bc](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/e6ad1bcf750b7daed8d81c2e82bbca984f07009a))
+
 ## [0.7.9](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.7.8...v0.7.9) (2025-04-28)
 
 
diff --git a/cmdline/pom.xml b/cmdline/pom.xml
index 63ca8be0..cc2b141c 100644
--- a/cmdline/pom.xml
+++ b/cmdline/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>cmdline</artifactId>
     <properties>
diff --git a/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java b/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
index e9e95711..5b7ae278 100644
--- a/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
+++ b/cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  */
 class Versions {
     // Version of the SDK, managed by release-please.
-    public static final String SDK = "0.7.10-SNAPSHOT"; // x-release-please-version
+    public static final String SDK = "0.8.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
     // This sdk aims to support this version of the TDF spec; currently 4.3.0.
     public static final String TDF_SPEC = "4.3.0";
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 1ed843c1..b5caefe8 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-    <version>0.7.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b7aebaa..e61d978f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
     <name>io.opentdf.platform:sdk-pom</name>
     <description>OpenTDF Java SDK</description>
     <url>https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk</url>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 7df781ab..6b8a0c0f 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>0.7.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.8.0</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>