diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5315ef9d..b3f4d4dd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.0.2"
+  ".": "8.0.0-beta.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 281178c2..4e6f695f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.0.0-beta.1](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v7.0.2...v8.0.0-beta.1) (2026-08-17)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **client:** align safety and asset APIs with JavaScript v13 ([#1032](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1032))
+
+### Features
+
+* **client:** align safety and asset APIs with JavaScript v13 ([#1032](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/issues/1032)) ([0b8bebc](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/commit/0b8bebc6e21a328793e578932f235bfa7a65c57e))
+
 ## [7.0.2](https://github.com/adcontextprotocol/adcp-client-python/compare/v7.0.1...v7.0.2) (2026-08-16)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d39ba301..8c4170b2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "adcp"
-version = "7.0.2"
+version = "8.0.0b1"
 description = "Official Python client for the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP)"
 authors = [
     {name = "AdCP Community", email = "maintainers@adcontextprotocol.org"}