diff --git a/docs/versions.json b/docs/versions.json
index b3bb9cf9b42..ed415c31b17 100644
--- a/docs/versions.json
+++ b/docs/versions.json
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 [
     {
-        "version": "https://kubeflow-pipelines.readthedocs.io/en/sdk-2.7.0/",
-        "title": "2.7.0",
+        "version": "https://kubeflow-pipelines.readthedocs.io/en/sdk-2.8.0/",
+        "title": "2.8.0",
         "aliases": [
             "stable",
             "latest"
         ]
     },
+    {
+        "version": "https://kubeflow-pipelines.readthedocs.io/en/sdk-2.7.0/",
+        "title": "2.7.0",
+        "aliases": []
+    },
     {
         "version": "https://kubeflow-pipelines.readthedocs.io/en/sdk-2.6.0/",
         "title": "2.6.0",
diff --git a/sdk/RELEASE.md b/sdk/RELEASE.md
index 77ece32b911..1f64612dcbd 100644
--- a/sdk/RELEASE.md
+++ b/sdk/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Current Version (in development)
 
+## Features
+
+## Breaking changes
+
+## Deprecations
+
+## Bug fixes and other changes
+
+## Documentation updates
+
+# 2.8.0
+
 ## Features
 * Support dynamic machine type parameters in CustomTrainingJobOp. [\#10883](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/10883)
 
@@ -10,6 +22,7 @@
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
 * Throw compilation error when trying to iterate over a single parameter with ParallelFor [\#10494](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/10494)
+* Add required auth scopes to RegistryClient for GCP service accounts credentials [#10819](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/10819)
 
 ## Documentation updates
 * Make full version dropdown visible on all KFP SDK docs versions [\#10577](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/10577)
diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/__init__.py b/sdk/python/kfp/__init__.py
index dd57f8253d4..55fb3753d19 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kfp/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # https://packaging.python.org/guides/packaging-namespace-packages/#pkgutil-style-namespace-packages
 __path__ = __import__('pkgutil').extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
-__version__ = '2.7.0'
+__version__ = '2.8.0'
 
 import sys
 import warnings