diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1c3fc07..95bf4a8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.10.2"
+  ".": "8.0.0-alpha.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66c114e..ff413ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [8.0.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.10.2...v8.0.0-alpha.0) (2026-04-29)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* change polygon part validation error to new format (MAPCO-10506) ([#183](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/183))
+
+### Features
+
+* add optional errors summary to ingestion validation schema ([#180](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/180)) ([5b6f644](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/5b6f644d0ff2cc7fff26ee6e26f5337b0e1eeb56))
+* add resolution threshold check to thresholds schema ([4f6ef36](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/4f6ef366cd25b1c4668371e7bb0f59d63148d9b6))
+* update package ([61e08f4](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/61e08f4785b32f66fa4fed485d9507306dcf4598))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bump version ([e726f0d](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/e726f0dc061e058131ebda051cc11907de1f6d97))
+* package json version ([b72678f](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/b72678f558cef73468084e313cb654666775634b))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* change polygon part validation error to new format (MAPCO-10506) ([#183](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/183)) ([2587722](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/2587722796704dce3bef9b84228835c6c852a7cd))
+* set release-please initial version ([#186](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/issues/186)) ([3769756](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/commit/3769756998f8c903730c1d0dde249a45083a4b95))
+
 ## [7.10.2](https://github.com/MapColonies/raster-shared/compare/v7.10.1...v7.10.2) (2026-03-17)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9834e17..56f697a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "7.10.2",
+  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-      "version": "7.10.2",
+      "version": "8.0.0-alpha.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@map-colonies/mc-priority-queue": "^9.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6e5323..b02c6c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@map-colonies/raster-shared",
-  "version": "8.0.0-alpha",
+  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.0",
   "description": "This is template for map colonies typescript packages",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "exports": {