diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index da56a96bd..e08aa6f06 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-preview7"
+  ".": "2.0.0-preview8"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca1a04854..2c0dc045c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-preview8](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview7...v2.0.0-preview8) (2025-02-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* a bug where external reference loading for local files would not work on linux ([df99a00](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/df99a00010001b35b34f9b74bbf12437f90b6b18))
+* add meaningful exception message during validation ([4a6547d](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/4a6547d08c86194e1783ce7f52e8248ca15556e0))
+* add meaningful exception message during validation ([74d20ed](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/74d20edebb6c5ee6150e8e03a42a40ed8c01d1da))
+* adds a cancellation token argument to external document loading ([a5ffab1](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/a5ffab1e77c19987fe468b9297e19e8f4c48f47a))
+* parsing failure on nodes set to null ([20aacc1](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/20aacc1a21510dbfe8cb21fb6ec2fc8b7720f2aa))
+* parsing failure on nodes set to null ([4245de9](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/4245de9ff333a1d34e125ba72c543b6e78db6980))
+
 ## [2.0.0-preview7](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview6...v2.0.0-preview7) (2025-02-06)
 
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 383e4fef2..675486304 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/OpenAPI.NET</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>OpenAPI .NET</PackageTags>
-    <Version>2.0.0-preview7</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.0-preview8</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- https://github.com/clairernovotny/DeterministicBuilds#deterministic-builds -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' == 'true'">