diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41148868..05a8bbe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ktx-workspace",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Workspace root for ktx packages",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index e7862b29..c0ad291a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kaelio/ktx",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Standalone ktx context layer for data agents",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/python/ktx-daemon/pyproject.toml b/python/ktx-daemon/pyproject.toml
index 3cc4d2d2..97f2c15a 100644
--- a/python/ktx-daemon/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/ktx-daemon/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ktx-daemon"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Portable compute package for KTX semantic-layer operations"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/python/ktx-sl/pyproject.toml b/python/ktx-sl/pyproject.toml
index 6207390f..01eb184d 100644
--- a/python/ktx-sl/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/ktx-sl/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "ktx-sl"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Agent-first semantic layer engine with aggregate locality"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/release-policy.json b/release-policy.json
index 1cf1529b..7cb55839 100644
--- a/release-policy.json
+++ b/release-policy.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "publishedPackageSmoke": {
     "packageName": "@kaelio/ktx",
-    "version": "0.7.0",
+    "version": "0.8.0",
     "registry": null
   },
   "runtimeInstaller": {