diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 799dcb29d1..69ed425124 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+# [2.0.0-rc.8](https://github.com/vuepress/core/compare/v2.0.0-rc.7...v2.0.0-rc.8) (2024-02-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bundler-webpack:** inject all vue feature flags explicitly ([c645d1a](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/c645d1a9a56a8df77f3117d22699a31c2ce908f1))
+* **client:** make layouts client config optional (close [#1494](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1494)) ([27a88ec](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/27a88ecf832b2dd3068b77005901b89fb7f48261))
+* **client:** remove usage of vueuse (close [#1500](https://github.com/vuepress/core/issues/1500)) ([b352c09](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/b352c090794f2675a43e8a886e14d2f315f8e095))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **bundler-vite:** bump vite to 5.1 ([b2e322a](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/b2e322a323c4f9f74e43967522b6c05854b3f89b))
+* **bundler-webpack:** bump webpack-dev-server to v5 ([a250c76](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/a250c767190b3883cfa085f43b01838fddbdea9e))
+* **client:** throw error when layout does not exist ([158b12c](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/158b12c34f007735f0a3986da8215a3410740c30))
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* refactor(client): handle page data hmr by checking pageChunk ref ([bb96427](https://github.com/vuepress/core/commit/bb96427c2505f3d65d36539242a3ec15f55bf4be))
+
+
+
 # [2.0.0-rc.7](https://github.com/vuepress/core/compare/v2.0.0-rc.6...v2.0.0-rc.7) (2024-02-06)
 
 
diff --git a/e2e/package.json b/e2e/package.json
index 35c2b0121e..5e3bba3a6a 100644
--- a/e2e/package.json
+++ b/e2e/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/e2e",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbb7216243..de41e18d60 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/monorepo",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
index da870ad402..1ba2219829 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/bundler-vite",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Bundler vite package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress-bundler",
diff --git a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
index 56e4e70457..6be673d661 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-webpack/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/bundler-webpack",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Bundler webpack package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress-bundler",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 440cde44a8..42d12d1747 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/cli",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "CLI package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 669122d583..71dca97300 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/client",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Client package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 74c277ba9d..62480fb879 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/core",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Core package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/markdown/package.json b/packages/markdown/package.json
index 953a903031..357541cbb4 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/package.json
+++ b/packages/markdown/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/markdown",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Markdown package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index c72562bb26..13788bfba7 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/shared",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Utils that shared between VuePress node and client",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 6fe6df05fb..a0b34ad3c4 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@vuepress/utils",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Utils package of VuePress",
   "keywords": [
     "vuepress",
diff --git a/packages/vuepress/package.json b/packages/vuepress/package.json
index 4298b1082a..8ae162ec38 100644
--- a/packages/vuepress/package.json
+++ b/packages/vuepress/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vuepress",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.7",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.8",
   "description": "Vue-powered Static Site Generator",
   "keywords": [
     "documentation",