diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d1328ca9..64f9ff41 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.7.0"
+  ".": "2.8.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9d8bc5b..8303331a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.0](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2026-08-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **stainless:** migrate SDK generation from Stainless SaaS to self-hosted stlc - PLAT-3989 ([3d8d408](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/commit/3d8d408b18d9b1718afdc942bf8bc63151e6898d))
+
 ## 2.7.0 (2026-08-07)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.6.0...v2.7.0](https://github.com/Finch-API/finch-api-python/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 88665175..982bbdff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "finch-api"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the Finch API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/finch/_version.py b/src/finch/_version.py
index e5b797bd..f7202e9a 100644
--- a/src/finch/_version.py
+++ b/src/finch/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "finch"
-__version__ = "2.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.8.0"  # x-release-please-version