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 9fee5b9..16a7855 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/sebastian-software/standards/compare/standards-v0.7.0...standards-v0.8.0) (2026-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add consumer agent guardrails ([38563cd](https://github.com/sebastian-software/standards/commit/38563cd67a6abcc8506bd2ba73c256bd6b825870))
+* add consumer agent guardrails ([b0aa242](https://github.com/sebastian-software/standards/commit/b0aa2425cb9924c0ae1bc5e0a34e3720939c42f7))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/sebastian-software/standards/compare/standards-v0.6.1...standards-v0.7.0) (2026-06-22)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2add063..f8f435d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@sebastian-software/standards",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Repository standards for Sebastian Software — reference files, migration changelogs, agent instructions and a CLI to check and apply them.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {