diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0546a888..96eb4380 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
-          java-version: '21'
+          java-version: '22'
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bbbe2cf..b8235a58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.8.0
+-----
+
+_2024-10-02_
+
+- **Enhancement**: Tweak explanation for default dispatcher use in rx<->flow interop.
+- **Enhancement**: Switch to stable kotlin-metadata artifact
+- **Fix**: Allow Dagger providers to be called from test sources.
+- Build against lint `8.8.0-alpha04`.
+- Update `api`/`minApi` to `16` (Lint 8.7.0+).
+- Build against Kotlin `2.0.20`.
+- Target Kotlin language version `1.9` in lint-checks (imposed by lint), `2.0` in lint-annotations.
+
 0.7.3
 -----
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ef1229e6..c7ada7df 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.vanniktech.maven.publish.MavenPublishBaseExtension
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.Detekt
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.DokkaTaskPartial
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
@@ -91,8 +92,10 @@ subprojects {
         jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.fromTarget(jvmTargetString))
         // TODO re-enable on checks if lint ever targets latest kotlin versions
         if (isChecksProject) {
+          // Lint forces Kotlin 1.9 still
+          languageVersion.set(KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_9)
+        } else {
           allWarningsAsErrors.set(true)
-          //          progressiveMode.set(true)
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f79271bd..d34f91b5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=slackhq
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Slack Technologies, LLC.
 POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/slackhq
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2021
-VERSION_NAME=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.8.0
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f9bcbf46..f1309966 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
 kotlin = "2.0.20"
 ktfmt = "0.52"
-jdk = "21"
+jdk = "22"
 # lint checks must target JDK 17, but the runtime should remain 11
 lintJvmTarget = "17"
 runtimeJvmTarget = "11"
diff --git a/slack-lint-checks/gradle.properties b/slack-lint-checks/gradle.properties
index bca8a2bf..e0e09d46 100644
--- a/slack-lint-checks/gradle.properties
+++ b/slack-lint-checks/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ POM_ARTIFACT_ID=slack-lint-checks
 POM_NAME=Slack Lint Checks
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Slack lint checks.
 
-# Kotlin adds the stdlib dep by default in 1.4.0+, but that's not really allowed in lint jars. This
-# disables that behavior for now
+# Opt-out flag for bundling Kotlin standard library because Lint forces its own version
+# See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/using-kotlin.html#kotlin-standard-library
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false