diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7ca613..64f3cdd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.0"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46f15c6..f1571c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-02-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add configurable text background opacity ([#25](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/issues/25)) ([76425f3](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/commit/76425f3f8e5ef90f35f96868ec70aa16cd6b317c))
+* render native Twitch emotes in chat messages ([#24](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/issues/24)) ([f226216](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/commit/f226216c0b672b9b06aa5a509ab52dc5db1f0239))
+
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* fall back to deterministic colour when chat username colour is empty ([#26](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/issues/26)) ([7bc7cdd](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/commit/7bc7cdd648853db929db48f0ff2ddd769a7fefda))
+* show live preview while dragging text BG opacity slider ([#28](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/issues/28)) ([0b4a653](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/commit/0b4a6539c1bb3237f479934e0a815ea68afa1d4f))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/webbertakken/streamer/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0) (2026-02-13)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 514f50b..b9fd259 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "streamer",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "tauri dev",
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 933a4dc..65ba764 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "streamer",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "identifier": "com.webber.streamer",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "yarn dev:vite",