diff --git a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
index dfc6542ab7..49cd2b3600 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "lib/fixtures": "0.3.0",
-  "lib/ocrypto": "0.7.0",
+  "lib/ocrypto": "0.8.0",
   "lib/flattening": "0.1.3",
   "lib/identifier": "0.2.0",
   "protocol/go": "0.13.0",
diff --git a/lib/ocrypto/CHANGELOG.md b/lib/ocrypto/CHANGELOG.md
index 6574480c5d..16239a2e6c 100644
--- a/lib/ocrypto/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/lib/ocrypto/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/compare/lib/ocrypto/v0.7.0...lib/ocrypto/v0.8.0) (2025-11-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** bump toolchain to go1.24.9 for CVEs found by govulncheck ([#2849](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/issues/2849)) ([23f76c0](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/commit/23f76c034cfb4c325d868eb96c95ba616e362db4))
+* **sdk:** more efficient encryption in experiment TDF Writer ([#2904](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/issues/2904)) ([3ec0518](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/commit/3ec05180ab567e78def51be90b10dd137f3a1f61))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/opentdf/platform/compare/lib/ocrypto/v0.6.0...lib/ocrypto/v0.7.0) (2025-10-15)