diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a36f67a..83c4703 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "godot-devkit"
-version = "3.7.0"
+version = "3.8.0"
 description = "Headless dev tooling for Godot 4.x - pure-parse scene introspection, surgical scene, TileMapLayer and autoload edits, the eight Godot gates, and the test-tier runners."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/src/godot_devkit/__init__.py b/src/godot_devkit/__init__.py
index 5ab845e..61dc4a8 100644
--- a/src/godot_devkit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/godot_devkit/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """godot-devkit — headless scene introspection + static repo gates for Godot 4.x."""
-__version__ = '3.7.0'
+__version__ = '3.8.0'