diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9986c06..7dca8f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.8.0] — 2026-04-26
+
+### Changed
+
+- Paired version bump with `@openeudi/openid4vp@0.8.0` (synchronized-versioning rule). No API change in `@openeudi/core` this release — the openid4vp companion adds an ID3-compatibility `client_metadata` bridge in `createSignedAuthorizationRequest`, an opt-in `ParseOptions.trustedIssuerJwks` trust path for SD-JWT VCs without `x5c`, and a transitive SD-JWT disclosure-hash check (fix for false-rejection of PID-style VCs); this bump keeps the two packages on parallel release cadences.
+
+[0.8.0]: https://github.com/openeudi/core/releases/tag/v0.8.0
+
 ## [0.7.0] — 2026-04-25
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 49846fb..bedac86 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openeudi/core",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openeudi/core",
-      "version": "0.7.0",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "uuid": "^11.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 400c5b7..53baae8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openeudi/core",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Framework-agnostic EUDI Wallet verification protocol engine",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8a25a29..44e6009 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @openeudi/core -- EUDI Wallet verification protocol engine
-export const VERSION = '0.7.0';
+export const VERSION = '0.8.0';
 
 // Types
 export { VerificationType, VerificationStatus } from './types/index.js';