diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f95166c6..51a6e70a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "toad-common": "0.15.0",
   "toad-cursor": "0.2.0",
   "toad-hash": "0.3.0",
-  "toad-jni": "0.7.0",
+  "toad-jni": "0.8.0",
   "toad-len": "0.1.3",
   "toad-macros": "0.2.1",
   "toad-map": "0.2.3",
diff --git a/toad-jni/CHANGELOG.md b/toad-jni/CHANGELOG.md
index e9428c9b..c089e4dd 100644
--- a/toad-jni/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/toad-jni/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/compare/toad-jni-v0.7.0...toad-jni-v0.8.0) (2023-04-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* java.lang.Throwable ([#300](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/issues/300)) ([e6dede1](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/commit/e6dede1a7a85ed6ebd409dc5ddbea056e9e67337))
+
 ## [0.7.0](https://github.com/toad-lib/toad/compare/toad-jni-v0.6.0...toad-jni-v0.7.0) (2023-04-10)
 
 
diff --git a/toad-jni/Cargo.toml b/toad-jni/Cargo.toml
index e2f83d63..2b1debd8 100644
--- a/toad-jni/Cargo.toml
+++ b/toad-jni/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "toad-jni"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "JNI abstractions and bindings used by the toad ecosystem"
 authors = ["Orion Kindel <cakekindel@gmail.com>"]