diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d80275df..9a57f7232 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+8.0.0 (2026-06-26)
+---------------------------------------------
+- [#569](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/569) Upgrade build to Java 21 and require Java 21+ for SDK 8.0.0.
+- [#568](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/568) Upgrade build target to Java 17.
+
 7.1.0 (2026-06-16)
 ---------------------------------------------
 - Update generated SDK code from the latest Dropbox API spec.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd7684e06..760ebbbfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If you're using Maven, then edit your project's "pom.xml" and add this to the `<
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.dropbox.core</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropbox-core-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>7.1.0</version>
+    <version>8.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If you are using Gradle, then edit your project's "build.gradle" and add this to
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
     // ...
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:7.1.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:8.0.0'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ Edit your project's "build.gradle" and add the following to the dependencies sec
 ```
 dependencies {
     // ...
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:7.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-android-sdk:7.1.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:8.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-android-sdk:8.0.0'
 }
 ```
 If you leverage jettifier and see the following errors then please add `android.jetifier.ignorelist = jackson-core,fastdoubleparser` to your `gradle.properties` file.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 21fa18edc..e6d4f6a0c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # POM
 GROUP = com.dropbox.core
-VERSION_NAME=7.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=8.0.0
 
 POM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/
 POM_SCM_URL = https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/