diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 054e8bc..e7cf9b3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.7"
+  ".": "0.2.8"
 }
diff --git a/.version.txt b/.version.txt
index b003284..a45be46 100644
--- a/.version.txt
+++ b/.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.7
+0.2.8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99ee86a..d0061fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.8](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.7...v0.2.8) (2026-05-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improved leopard saturation metrics ([2303ef2](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/commit/2303ef223b6b8150d728d827592744bbc75fc1a3))
+* improved leopard saturation metrics ([c143056](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/commit/c143056683f694eba1704acb84139095887515f4))
+
 ## [0.2.7](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.7) (2026-04-29)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/leopard/version.rb b/lib/leopard/version.rb
index fb4aa7b..c8f88dc 100644
--- a/lib/leopard/version.rb
+++ b/lib/leopard/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Rubyists
   module Leopard
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    VERSION = '0.2.7'
+    VERSION = '0.2.8'
     # x-release-please-end
   end
 end