diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b29befd8b94c..9fbb8f8e565b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
   "google-cloud-artifact_registry-v1beta2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-asset": "1.9.0",
   "google-cloud-asset+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-asset-v1": "1.7.0",
+  "google-cloud-asset-v1": "1.8.0",
   "google-cloud-asset-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-assured_workloads": "2.1.0",
   "google-cloud-assured_workloads+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-asset-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-asset-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index b1b74cb8e43d..a7029d8076c9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-asset-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-asset-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.8.0 (2026-04-11)
+
+#### Features
+
+* publish client batch config schema ([#33430](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33430)) 
+
 ### 1.7.0 (2026-03-19)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-asset-v1/lib/google/cloud/asset/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-asset-v1/lib/google/cloud/asset/v1/version.rb
index f76795c33b12..b51bb2be20eb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-asset-v1/lib/google/cloud/asset/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-asset-v1/lib/google/cloud/asset/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Asset
       module V1
-        VERSION = "1.7.0"
+        VERSION = "1.8.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-asset-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.asset.v1.json b/google-cloud-asset-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.asset.v1.json
index de5197937fdd..fedc2dec8943 100644
--- a/google-cloud-asset-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.asset.v1.json
+++ b/google-cloud-asset-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.asset.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-asset-v1",
-    "version": "1.7.0",
+    "version": "1.8.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {