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 8898389..93f28ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/compare/v0.7.0...v0.8.0) (2026-07-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **release:** publish installable multi-platform CLI artifacts ([#21](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/issues/21)) ([8a7568f](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/commit/8a7568f01fb7f99b0b5885de4c6e1c4d914e6531))
+* **skills:** add canonical Akua agent skill ([#20](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/issues/20)) ([3ec5ae4](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/commit/3ec5ae4e0d67e7f2dbb1e43e57676a97ecd1f7f9))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/akua-dev/cli/compare/v0.6.1...v0.7.0) (2026-07-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba5dae9..a4d0e02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@akua-dev/cli",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Akua Cloud CLI",
diff --git a/skills/akua/skill-package.json b/skills/akua/skill-package.json
index 1a11e40..78e687f 100644
--- a/skills/akua/skill-package.json
+++ b/skills/akua/skill-package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schema_version": 1,
   "name": "akua",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "provenance": {
     "repository": "https://github.com/akua-dev/cli",
     "path": "skills/akua/SKILL.md",
diff --git a/src/bin/akua.ts b/src/bin/akua.ts
index 5b3bc21..987ce46 100644
--- a/src/bin/akua.ts
+++ b/src/bin/akua.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { AkuaCliError, commandNotImplemented, usageError } from "../runtime/erro
 import { detectOutputMode, type OutputMode } from "../runtime/mode";
 import { renderError, renderSuccess, type RenderEnvelope } from "../runtime/render";
 
-const VERSION = "0.7.0"; // x-release-please-version
+const VERSION = "0.8.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
 export async function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2), env = process.env): Promise<number> {
   let mode: OutputMode = fallbackErrorMode(argv);