diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/release-crates-dry-run.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/release-crates-dry-run.sh
index 91551424137..7f13647c65e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/release-crates-dry-run.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/release-crates-dry-run.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fi
 cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --workspace --exclude zebrad --exclude zebra-scan --exclude zebra-grpc beta
 
 # Due to a bug in cargo-release, we need to pass exact versions for alpha crates:
-cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --package zebra-scan 0.1.0-alpha.7
-cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --package zebra-grpc 0.1.0-alpha.5
+cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --package zebra-scan 0.1.0-alpha.8
+cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --package zebra-grpc 0.1.0-alpha.6
 
 # Update zebrad:
 cargo release version --verbose --execute --no-confirm --allow-branch '*' --package zebrad patch
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86e1232146f..0e130bf20f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,25 +5,53 @@ All notable changes to Zebra are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 
-## Zebra 1.X.X - XXXX-XX-XX
+## [Zebra 1.8.0](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v1.8.0) - 2024-07-02
 
-### Changed
-
-- We realized that a longer than `zcashd` end of support could be problematic in
-  some cases so we reverted back from 20 to 16 weeks
-  ([#8530](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8530))
+- Zebra now uses a default unpaid actions limit of 0, dropping transactions with
+  any unpaid actions from the mempool and excluding them when selecting
+  transactions from the mempool during block template construction.
 - The `zebrad` binary no longer contains the scanner of shielded transactions.
   This means `zebrad` no longer contains users' viewing keys.
-- We're no longer using general conditional compilation attributes for `tor`,
-  but only feature flags instead.
-- Fixed a bug with trailing characters in the openapi spec method descriptions ([#8597](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8597))
-- Added default constructions for several RPC method responses ([#8616](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8616))
-- Added Windows to the list of supported platforms in Tier 2 ([#8637](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8637))
-- Zebra now drops transactions with unpaid actions in block templates and from the mempool.
+- Support for custom Testnets and Regtest is greatly enhanced.
+- Windows is now back in the second tier of supported platforms.
+- The end-of-support time interval is set to match `zcashd`'s 16 weeks.
+- The RPC serialization of empty treestates matches `zcashd`. 
 
 ### Added
 
-- Added a page to the Zebra book describing custom Testnets ([#8636](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8636))
+- Add an init function for a standalone `ReadStateService` ([#8595](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8595))
+- Allow configuring more parameters on custom Testnets and an NU5 activation height on Regtest ([#8477](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8477), [#8518](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8518), [#8524](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8524), [#8528](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8528), [#8636](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8636))
+- Add default constructions for several RPC method responses ([#8616](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8616), [#8505](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8505))
+- Support constructing Canopy proposal blocks from block templates ([#8505](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8505))
+
+#### Docs
+
+- Document custom Testnets, Regtest and how they compare to Mainnet and the default Testnet in the Zebra book ([#8526](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8526), [#8636](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8636))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Use a default unpaid action limit of 0 so that transactions with unpaid actions are excluded from the mempool and block templates by default ([#8638](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8638))
+- Lower the mandatory checkpoint height from immediately above the ZIP-212 grace period to immediately below Canopy activation ([#8629](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8629))
+- Use the new `zcash_script` callback API in `zebra-script`, allowing Zebra's ECC dependencies to be upgraded independently of `zcash_script` and `zcashd` ([#8566](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8566))
+- Put Windows in Tier 2 of supported platforms ([#8637](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8637))
+- Remove experimental support for starting the `zebra-scan` in the `zebrad` process as a step towards moving the scanner to its own process ([#8594](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8594))
+- Reduce the end of support time from 20 weeks to 16 weeks ([#8530](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8530))
+- Restore parts of the experimental `internal-miner` feature for use on Regtest ([#8506](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8506))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Allow square brackets in network config listen addr and external addr without explicitly configuring a port in the listen addr ([#8504](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8504))
+- Fix general conditional compilation attributes ([#8602](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8602))
+- Update `median_timespan()` method to align with zcashd implementation ([#8491](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8491))
+- Allow custom Testnets to make peer connections ([#8528](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8528))
+- Refactor and simplify the serialization of empty treestates to fix an incorrect serialization of empty note commitment trees for RPCs ([#8533](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8533))
+- Fix port conflict issue in some tests and re-enable those tests on Windows where those issues were especially problematic ([#8624](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8624))
+- Fix a bug with trailing characters in the OpenAPI spec method descriptions ([#8597](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8597))
+
+### Contributors
+
+Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release, we couldn't make Zebra without you:
+@arya2, @conradoplg, @gustavovalverde, @oxarbitrage and @upbqdn
 
 ## [Zebra 1.7.0](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v1.7.0) - 2024-05-07
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7eecf65cb51..ea09e646716 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4768,7 +4768,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-batch-control"
-version = "0.2.41-beta.13"
+version = "0.2.41-beta.14"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "ed25519-zebra",
@@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-fallback"
-version = "0.2.41-beta.13"
+version = "0.2.41-beta.14"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "pin-project",
@@ -5817,7 +5817,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-chain"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bitflags-serde-legacy",
@@ -5880,7 +5880,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-consensus"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "bellman",
  "blake2b_simd",
@@ -5926,7 +5926,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-grpc"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.5"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "futures-util",
@@ -5948,7 +5948,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-network"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "byteorder",
@@ -5989,7 +5989,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-node-services"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "jsonrpc-core",
@@ -6002,7 +6002,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-rpc"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "futures",
@@ -6034,7 +6034,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-scan"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.6"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.7"
 dependencies = [
  "bls12_381",
  "chrono",
@@ -6069,7 +6069,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-script"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -6081,7 +6081,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-state"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "chrono",
@@ -6126,7 +6126,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-test"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "futures",
@@ -6154,7 +6154,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebra-utils"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "hex",
@@ -6185,7 +6185,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zebrad"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "abscissa_core",
  "atty",
diff --git a/book/src/user/docker.md b/book/src/user/docker.md
index 3f952eb4ccf..3bca3143c16 100644
--- a/book/src/user/docker.md
+++ b/book/src/user/docker.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ docker run -d --platform linux/amd64 \
 ### Build it locally
 
 ```shell
-git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.7.0 https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra.git
+git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.8.0 https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra.git
 docker build --file docker/Dockerfile --target runtime --tag zebra:local .
 docker run --detach zebra:local
 ```
diff --git a/book/src/user/install.md b/book/src/user/install.md
index 46304726b1f..fd646026370 100644
--- a/book/src/user/install.md
+++ b/book/src/user/install.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To compile Zebra directly from GitHub, or from a GitHub release source archive:
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra.git
 cd zebra
-git checkout v1.7.0
+git checkout v1.8.0
 ```
 
 3. Build and Run `zebrad`
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ target/release/zebrad start
 ### Compiling from git using cargo install
 
 ```sh
-cargo install --git https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra --tag v1.7.0 zebrad
+cargo install --git https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra --tag v1.8.0 zebrad
 ```
 
 ### Compiling on ARM
diff --git a/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml b/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
index d62a31773cc..393dd0c8d5e 100644
--- a/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tower-batch-control/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tower-batch-control"
-version = "0.2.41-beta.13"
+version = "0.2.41-beta.14"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>", "Tower Maintainers <team@tower-rs.com>"]
 description = "Tower middleware for batch request processing"
 # # Legal
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 tokio-test = "0.4.4"
-tower-fallback = { path = "../tower-fallback/", version = "0.2.41-beta.13" }
+tower-fallback = { path = "../tower-fallback/", version = "0.2.41-beta.14" }
 tower-test = "0.4.0"
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 [lints.rust]
 unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(tokio_unstable)'] }
diff --git a/tower-fallback/Cargo.toml b/tower-fallback/Cargo.toml
index bdd129fba8c..15ee968bbbe 100644
--- a/tower-fallback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tower-fallback/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tower-fallback"
-version = "0.2.41-beta.13"
+version = "0.2.41-beta.14"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "A Tower service combinator that sends requests to a first service, then retries processing on a second fallback service if the first service errors."
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ tracing = "0.1.39"
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
index 8f163ae80f5..9b4160b5c69 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-chain"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Core Zcash data structures"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ proptest-derive = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 rand_chacha = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", optional = true }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Benchmarks
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
 
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "block"
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
index c8d0a8bccf9..036f13e8322 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-consensus"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Implementation of Zcash consensus checks"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ orchard = "0.8.0"
 zcash_proofs = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["multicore" ] }
 wagyu-zcash-parameters = "0.2.0"
 
-tower-fallback = { path = "../tower-fallback/", version = "0.2.41-beta.13" }
-tower-batch-control = { path = "../tower-batch-control/", version = "0.2.41-beta.13" }
+tower-fallback = { path = "../tower-fallback/", version = "0.2.41-beta.14" }
+tower-batch-control = { path = "../tower-batch-control/", version = "0.2.41-beta.14" }
 
-zebra-script = { path = "../zebra-script", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-script = { path = "../zebra-script", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 # prod feature progress-bar
 howudoin = { version = "0.1.2", optional = true }
@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-grpc/Cargo.toml b/zebra-grpc/Cargo.toml
index 2010b769d6b..32eec49836f 100644
--- a/zebra-grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-grpc"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.5"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Zebra gRPC interface"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 
 zcash_primitives = { version = "0.15.0" }
 
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain" , version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain" , version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/zebra-network/Cargo.toml b/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
index c4d8f158672..95b44c1ca55 100644
--- a/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-network"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>", "Tower Maintainers <team@tower-rs.com>"]
 description = "Networking code for Zebra"
 # # Legal
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ howudoin = { version = "0.1.2", optional = true }
 proptest = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
 proptest-derive = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["async-error"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["async-error"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/zebra-node-services/Cargo.toml b/zebra-node-services/Cargo.toml
index ec20d91fe2f..8a076eeae8d 100644
--- a/zebra-node-services/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-node-services/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-node-services"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "The interfaces of some Zebra node services"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ rpc-client = [
 shielded-scan = ["tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain" , version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain" , version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 # Optional dependencies
 
diff --git a/zebra-rpc/Cargo.toml b/zebra-rpc/Cargo.toml
index 6adf640de4f..edaa1550cc6 100644
--- a/zebra-rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-rpc"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "A Zebra JSON Remote Procedure Call (JSON-RPC) interface"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ zcash_address = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }
 # Test-only feature proptest-impl
 proptest = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["json-conversion"] }
-zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-script = { path = "../zebra-script", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["json-conversion"] }
+zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-script = { path = "../zebra-script", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { version = "1.39.0", features = ["redactions", "json", "ron"] }
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ proptest = "1.4.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml b/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
index 1672e1d16f5..3ac701e678c 100644
--- a/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-scan/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-scan"
-version = "0.1.0-alpha.6"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.7"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Shielded transaction scanner for the Zcash blockchain"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ zcash_primitives = "0.15.0"
 zcash_address = "0.3.2"
 sapling = { package = "sapling-crypto", version = "0.1" }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
-zebra-grpc = { path = "../zebra-grpc", version = "0.1.0-alpha.4" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["shielded-scan"] }
+zebra-grpc = { path = "../zebra-grpc", version = "0.1.0-alpha.5" }
 
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std", "serde"] }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jubjub = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 zcash_note_encryption = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", optional = true }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { version = "1.39.0", features = ["ron", "redactions"] }
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ jubjub = "0.10.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 zcash_note_encryption = "0.4.0"
 
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-script/Cargo.toml b/zebra-script/Cargo.toml
index b8cc459df12..08fb31a1f17 100644
--- a/zebra-script/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-script/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-script"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Zebra script verification wrapping zcashd's zcash_script library"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ categories = ["api-bindings", "cryptography::cryptocurrencies"]
 
 [dependencies]
 zcash_script = "0.2.0"
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hex = "0.4.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
index c73328650c9..167158d65ed 100644
--- a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-state"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "State contextual verification and storage code for Zebra"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ tracing = "0.1.39"
 elasticsearch = { version = "8.5.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.117", package = "serde_json", optional = true }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["async-error"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["async-error"] }
 
 # prod feature progress-bar
 howudoin = { version = "0.1.2", optional = true }
 
 # test feature proptest-impl
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", optional = true }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", optional = true }
 proptest = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
 proptest-derive = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 
@@ -108,5 +108,5 @@ jubjub = "0.10.0"
 
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "tracing", "test-util"] }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test/", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
diff --git a/zebra-test/Cargo.toml b/zebra-test/Cargo.toml
index e8ece79f901..8569f72e8d4 100644
--- a/zebra-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-test"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Test harnesses and test vectors for Zebra"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
index c5fbecd1797..52883258fd7 100644
--- a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zebra-utils"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.37"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.38"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "Developer tools for Zebra maintenance and testing"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.6", optional = true }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.7", optional = true }
 
 # These crates are needed for the block-template-to-proposal binary
-zebra-rpc = { path = "../zebra-rpc", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", optional = true }
+zebra-rpc = { path = "../zebra-rpc", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", optional = true }
 
 # These crates are needed for the zebra-checkpoints binary
 itertools = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/zebrad/Cargo.toml b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
index 27bb5273959..df2a481f228 100644
--- a/zebrad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 # Crate metadata
 name = "zebrad"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 authors = ["Zcash Foundation <zebra@zfnd.org>"]
 description = "The Zcash Foundation's independent, consensus-compatible implementation of a Zcash node"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -158,18 +158,18 @@ test_sync_past_mandatory_checkpoint_mainnet = []
 test_sync_past_mandatory_checkpoint_testnet = []
 
 [dependencies]
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-rpc = { path = "../zebra-rpc", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-rpc = { path = "../zebra-rpc", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 # Experimental shielded-scan feature
-zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.6", optional = true }
+zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.7", optional = true }
 
 # Required for crates.io publishing, but it's only used in tests
-zebra-utils = { path = "../zebra-utils", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", optional = true }
+zebra-utils = { path = "../zebra-utils", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", optional = true }
 
 abscissa_core = "0.7.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["cargo"] }
@@ -280,16 +280,16 @@ proptest-derive = "0.4.0"
 # enable span traces and track caller in tests
 color-eyre = { version = "0.6.3" }
 
-zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.6", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
-zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-consensus = { path = "../zebra-consensus", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-network = { path = "../zebra-network", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-scan = { path = "../zebra-scan", version = "0.1.0-alpha.7", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
+zebra-state = { path = "../zebra-state", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["proptest-impl"] }
 
-zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.37", features = ["rpc-client"] }
+zebra-node-services = { path = "../zebra-node-services", version = "1.0.0-beta.38", features = ["rpc-client"] }
 
-zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
-zebra-grpc = { path = "../zebra-grpc", version = "0.1.0-alpha.4" }
+zebra-test = { path = "../zebra-test", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
+zebra-grpc = { path = "../zebra-grpc", version = "0.1.0-alpha.5" }
 
 # Used by the checkpoint generation tests via the zebra-checkpoints feature
 # (the binaries in this crate won't be built unless their features are enabled).
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ zebra-grpc = { path = "../zebra-grpc", version = "0.1.0-alpha.4" }
 # When `-Z bindeps` is stabilised, enable this binary dependency instead:
 # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/9096
 # zebra-utils { path = "../zebra-utils", artifact = "bin:zebra-checkpoints" }
-zebra-utils = { path = "../zebra-utils", version = "1.0.0-beta.37" }
+zebra-utils = { path = "../zebra-utils", version = "1.0.0-beta.38" }
 
 [lints.rust]
 unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(tokio_unstable)'] }
diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs b/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs
index cedcce0e8e0..0f6041a400c 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use zebra_chain::{
 use crate::application::release_version;
 
 /// The estimated height that this release will be published.
-pub const ESTIMATED_RELEASE_HEIGHT: u32 = 2_496_122;
+pub const ESTIMATED_RELEASE_HEIGHT: u32 = 2_562_000;
 
 /// The maximum number of days after `ESTIMATED_RELEASE_HEIGHT` where a Zebra server will run
 /// without halting.