diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e169429f1..c886aacff 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "packages/conventional-commits-filter": "5.0.0",
   "packages/conventional-changelog-preset-loader": "5.0.0",
   "packages/conventional-recommended-bump": "10.0.0",
-  "packages/conventional-changelog-core": "7.0.0",
+  "packages/conventional-changelog-core": "8.0.0",
   "packages/standard-changelog": "6.0.0",
   "packages/gulp-conventional-changelog": "5.0.0",
   "packages/git-client": "1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/conventional-changelog-core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/conventional-changelog-core/CHANGELOG.md
index ceec5efc6..44ba7d3e4 100644
--- a/packages/conventional-changelog-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/conventional-changelog-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,37 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/compare/conventional-changelog-core-v7.0.0...conventional-changelog-core-v8.0.0) (2024-04-26)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Node >= 18 is required
+* cleanup presets interface ([#1215](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1215))
+* **git-semver-tags:** refactored to use @conventional-changelog/git-client ([#1203](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1203))
+* **git-raw-commits:** refactored to use @conventional-changelog/git-client ([#1199](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1199))
+* **conventional-changelog-writer:** align methods with other packages ([#1182](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1182))
+* **conventional-changelog-writer:** rewrite to TypeScript ([#1150](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1150))
+* **conventional-commits-parser:** rewrite to TypeScript ([#1126](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1126))
+* Now all packages, except gulp-conventional-changelog, are ESM-only.
+
+### Features
+
+* cleanup presets interface ([#1215](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1215)) ([0e4f293](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/0e4f2935add5dbf68410ea3c245ed8bd13e292a8))
+* **conventional-changelog-writer:** align methods with other packages ([#1182](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1182)) ([7b13ec9](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/7b13ec9afcbe7afc24ce47af805c339ba7f0276f))
+* **conventional-changelog-writer:** rewrite to TypeScript ([#1150](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1150)) ([8af364f](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/8af364feb20f4e6f7ffab6f5b25638df780db715))
+* **conventional-commits-parser:** rewrite to TypeScript ([#1126](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1126)) ([9e280d8](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/9e280d89f33e2185643e2531edb668bd0e0df22c))
+* drop node 16 support ([#1226](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1226)) ([ec69cfd](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/ec69cfdf0040f73ec0eadc4779c37874e71f3dff))
+* **git-raw-commits:** refactored to use @conventional-changelog/git-client ([#1199](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1199)) ([ba03ffc](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/ba03ffc3c05e794db48b18a508f296d4d662a5d9))
+* **git-semver-tags:** refactored to use @conventional-changelog/git-client ([#1203](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1203)) ([7ac1860](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/7ac186060b16ea66847c401d57ca78157329d778))
+* move from CommonJS to ESM ([#1144](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1144)) ([c5b859d](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/c5b859d201e124822002eb54574f003f074216e2))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** replace dependency read-pkg-up with read-package-up ^11.0.0 ([#1207](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1207)) ([a3248b6](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/a3248b6b2b2d5d46994ee21801fdf7434f4e013d))
+* **deps:** update dependency read-pkg to v9 ([#1160](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues/1160)) ([2875efc](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/commit/2875efc717e9d69609b5ca4284a88ea2189abe5b))
+
 ## [7.0.0](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/compare/conventional-changelog-core-v6.0.0...conventional-changelog-core-v7.0.0) (2023-09-08)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/conventional-changelog-core/package.json b/packages/conventional-changelog-core/package.json
index ca15a0aaf..69630682b 100644
--- a/packages/conventional-changelog-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/conventional-changelog-core/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "conventional-changelog-core",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "7.0.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "description": "Core package of conventional-changelog.",
   "author": "Steve Mao",
   "license": "MIT",