diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c0786b3c..078b9e28 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.7.1"
+  ".": "3.8.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b72c613..fec9021a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.8.0](https://github.com/imagekit-developer/imagekit-java/compare/v3.7.1...v3.8.0) (2026-10-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** add accounts.contract.get() for contract consumption ([28f07ee](https://github.com/imagekit-developer/imagekit-java/commit/28f07ee24ff3096139a1812c763f18670f1d88fa))
+* **api:** add useImprovedLayerSpec to the Cloudinary URL rewriter ([28f07ee](https://github.com/imagekit-developer/imagekit-java/commit/28f07ee24ff3096139a1812c763f18670f1d88fa))
+
 ## [3.7.1](https://github.com/imagekit-developer/imagekit-java/compare/v3.7.0...v3.7.1) (2026-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8010a0fa..daef392b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.imagekit/image-kit-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.7.1)
-[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.7.1)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.imagekit/image-kit-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.8.0)
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.8.0)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The ImageKit Java SDK is a comprehensive library designed to simplify the integr
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-The REST API documentation can be found on [imagekit.io](https://imagekit.io/docs/api-reference). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.7.1).
+The REST API documentation can be found on [imagekit.io](https://imagekit.io/docs/api-reference). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/io.imagekit/image-kit-java/3.8.0).
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found on [imagekit.io](https://imagekit.io/doc
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("io.imagekit:image-kit-java:3.7.1")
+implementation("io.imagekit:image-kit-java:3.8.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ implementation("io.imagekit:image-kit-java:3.7.1")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.imagekit</groupId>
   <artifactId>image-kit-java</artifactId>
-  <version>3.7.1</version>
+  <version>3.8.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f226fe8e..7f21ae22 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "io.imagekit"
-    version = "3.7.1" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "3.8.0" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 subprojects {