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Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 17:45:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 8.0.0

---
 .github/release-please/manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 package.json                         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 8067fb7..a50649e 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"7.2.4"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{".":"8.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6a2b81..53e598e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/compare/v7.2.4...v8.0.0) (2025-02-09)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* dropped support for node 18
+* **index:** `popplerPath` field can no longer be changed after class has been initialised
+
+### Improvements
+
+* **index:** make `popplerPath` field private ([#625](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/625)) ([4b242fc](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/4b242fc443e06055c00a6a21f53e8706a0929461))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* drop support for node 18 ([18f09de](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/18f09de8f16e9848558af6b7517243951884493b))
+* **index:** correct syntax for union types ([7e15571](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/7e155718c5cf9cc53adefc330f9e66f4f53322c1))
+
 ## [7.2.4](https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/compare/v7.2.3...v7.2.4) (2025-02-06)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99c4cc3..9807227 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "node-poppler",
-	"version": "7.2.4",
+	"version": "8.0.0",
 	"description": "Asynchronous node.js wrapper for the Poppler PDF rendering library",
 	"keywords": [
 		"async",