diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fbde66cb..32ac6588 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.5.1"
+  ".": "8.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19411b79..e64d55aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/compare/v7.5.1...v8.0.0) (2026-02-17)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* move from SLA to Priority ([#711](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/711))
+
+### Features
+
+* add OpenAPI docs for Responses API ([#713](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/713)) ([ec3a49b](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/commit/ec3a49ba2509bf2aa9802916563e09693f70d8df))
+* move from SLA to Priority ([#711](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/issues/711)) ([1ee7f63](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/commit/1ee7f63bfdcc88111b3c7f80919eb72bf3e4fe6d))
+
 ## [7.5.1](https://github.com/doublewordai/control-layer/compare/v7.5.0...v7.5.1) (2026-02-17)
 
 
diff --git a/dashboard/package.json b/dashboard/package.json
index 4a5818d5..f2c445e6 100644
--- a/dashboard/package.json
+++ b/dashboard/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ai-model-dashboard",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "7.5.1",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/dwctl/Cargo.toml b/dwctl/Cargo.toml
index 2433eee3..ef117217 100644
--- a/dwctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dwctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dwctl"
-version = "7.5.1"
+version = "8.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "The Doubleword Control Layer - A self-hostable observability and analytics platform for LLM applications"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"