diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ad88f8ba2..634d1d5735 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.8.0] - 2023-11-07
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add `Clone` and `PartialEq` implementations to `HistoryBuffer`.
@@ -561,7 +563,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.7.16...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.8.0...HEAD
+[v0.8.0]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.7.16...v0.8.0
 [v0.7.16]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.7.15...v0.7.16
 [v0.7.15]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.7.14...v0.7.15
 [v0.7.14]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/heapless/compare/v0.7.13...v0.7.14
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 025482021b..d7edaf628a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 portable-atomic = ["dep:portable-atomic"]
 
 # Enable polyfilling of atomics via portable-atomic, using critical section for locking
-portable-atomic-critical-section = ["dep:portable-atomic", "portable-atomic?/critical-section"]
+portable-atomic-critical-section = ["dep:portable-atomic", "portable-atomic", "portable-atomic?/critical-section"]
 
 # Enable polyfilling of atomics via portable-atomic, using disabling interrupts for locking.
 # WARNING: this is only sound for single-core bare-metal privileged-mode targets!
-portable-atomic-unsafe-assume-single-core = ["dep:portable-atomic", "portable-atomic?/unsafe-assume-single-core"]
+portable-atomic-unsafe-assume-single-core = ["dep:portable-atomic", "portable-atomic", "portable-atomic?/unsafe-assume-single-core"]
 
 # implement serde traits.
 serde = ["dep:serde"]