diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2007a852b..069fa4786 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2026-05-28
+
+### Highlights
+
+- **Python `open()` support** — VFS-backed `open()` / `Path.open()` read, write, and append now work in the embedded Python builtin, so LLM-generated `with open("/tmp/...")` scripts run instead of failing. Host filesystem and network stay unavailable to Python ([#1800](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1800)).
+- Further `rg` parity and hardening fixes (default type globs, JSON context fanout cap, root-arg allocation) plus interpreter fixes for variable attribute/nameref persistence and persistent file descriptor validation.
+
+### What's Changed
+
+* ci: reclaim runner disk before disk-hungry scheduled jobs ([#1807](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1807)) by @chaliy
+* fix(rg): align r and tf default type globs with ripgrep ([#1805](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1805)) by @chaliy
+* fix(rg): cap JSON context event fanout ([#1804](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1804)) by @chaliy
+* fix(interpreter): persist var attrs and namerefs across shell state restore ([#1803](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1803)) by @chaliy
+* fix(interpreter): reject negative persistent file descriptors ([#1802](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1802)) by @chaliy
+* fix(rg): avoid root arg string cloning across candidates ([#1801](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1801)) by @chaliy
+* feat(python): support vfs-backed open ([#1800](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1800)) by @chaliy
+* feat(site): add bashkit logo assets ([#1799](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1799)) by @chaliy
+* fix(ci): bypass pnpm `--` separator that breaks napi build flag forwarding ([#1798](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1798)) by @chaliy
+* fix(site): add homepage canonical link header ([#1797](https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/pull/1797)) by @chaliy
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/everruns/bashkit/compare/v0.7.2...v0.8.0
+
 ## [0.7.2] - 2026-05-27
 
 ### Highlights
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 784fc9923..c9ba9a5aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ checksum = "2af50177e190e07a26ab74f8b1efbfe2ef87da2116221318cb1c2e82baf7de06"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-bench"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bashkit",
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-cli"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bashkit",
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-coreutils-port"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "prettyplease",
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-eval"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-js"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bashkit",
  "napi",
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bashkit-python"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bashkit",
  "num-bigint",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d1e3b79a..a75f22820 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Everruns"]
diff --git a/crates/bashkit-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/bashkit-cli/Cargo.toml
index 235ec0865..c8d72e534 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bashkit-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ scripted_tool = ["bashkit/scripted_tool"]
 interactive = ["dep:rustyline", "dep:terminal_size", "dep:signal-hook"]
 
 [dependencies]
-bashkit = { path = "../bashkit", version = "0.7.2", features = ["http_client", "git", "jq"] }
+bashkit = { path = "../bashkit", version = "0.8.0", features = ["http_client", "git", "jq"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "net", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
 clap.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bashkit-js/package.json b/crates/bashkit-js/package.json
index 5487846d2..da9983bea 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit-js/package.json
+++ b/crates/bashkit-js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@everruns/bashkit",
-  "version": "0.7.2",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Sandboxed bash interpreter for JavaScript/TypeScript",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.33.0",
   "main": "wrapper.js",