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 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.7.0b2
+current_version = 1.8.0a1
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0-b1.md b/.changes/1.7.0-b1.md
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-## dbt-spark 1.7.0-b1 - August 17, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Support server side parameters in thrift connection ([#387](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/387))
-- Support server_side_parameters for Spark session connection method ([#690](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/690))
-- Add server_side_parameters to HTTP connection method ([#824](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/824))
-- Enforce server side parameters keys and values to be strings ([#826](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/826))
-- Add SessionConnectionWrapper ([#829](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/829))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Wrap AnalysisException into DbtRuntimeError ([#782](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/782))
-- include tblproperties macro in adapters.sql create table ([#865](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/865))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Update stale workflow to use centralized version ([#842](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/842))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Update tox requirement from ~=3.0 to ~=4.5 ([#741](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/741))
-- Update pyodbc requirement from ~=4.0.30 to ~=4.0.39 ([#742](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/742))
-- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=2.21 to ~=3.3 ([#748](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/748))
-- Update types-requests requirement from ~=2.28 to ~=2.29 ([#749](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/749))
-- Bump mypy from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 ([#768](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/768))
-- Update flake8 requirement from ~=6.0 to ~=6.1 ([#849](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/849))
-- Update types-requests requirement from ~=2.29 to ~=2.31 ([#850](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/850))
-- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.2 to ~=3.3 ([#851](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/851))
-- Update pytest requirement from ~=7.3 to ~=7.4 ([#852](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/852))
-- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=6.13 to ~=7.2 ([#856](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/856))
-- Update black requirement from ~=23.3 to ~=23.7 ([#857](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/857))
-- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.40 to ~=0.41 ([#858](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/858))
-- Update mock requirement from ~=5.0 to ~=5.1 ([#859](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/859))
-- Bump mypy from 1.3.0 to 1.4.1 ([#860](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/860))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.5 to ~=4.6 ([#861](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/861))
-- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=7.2 to ~=7.3 ([#863](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/863))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.6 to ~=4.7 ([#867](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/867))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.7 to ~=4.8 ([#871](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/871))
-- Bump mypy from 1.4.1 to 1.5.0 ([#872](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/872))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#829](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/829), [#782](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/782))
-- [@Fokko,JCZuurmond](https://github.com/Fokko,JCZuurmond) ([#824](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/824), [#826](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/826))
-- [@alarocca-apixio](https://github.com/alarocca-apixio) ([#690](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/690))
-- [@etheleon](https://github.com/etheleon) ([#865](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/865))
-- [@hanna-liashchuk](https://github.com/hanna-liashchuk) ([#387](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/387))
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-## dbt-spark 1.7.0-b2 - October 02, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Persist Column level comments when creating views ([#372](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/372))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Remove dependency on hologram ([#881](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/881))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Replace sasl with pure-sasl for PyHive ([#818](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/818))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.8 to ~=4.9 ([#874](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/874))
-- Bump mypy from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1 ([#875](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/875))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.9 to ~=4.10 ([#879](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/879))
-- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.3 to ~=3.4 ([#884](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/884))
-- Update black requirement from ~=23.7 to ~=23.9 ([#886](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/886))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.10 to ~=4.11 ([#887](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/887))
-
-### Security
-
-- Add docker image to the repo ([#876](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/876))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#876](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/876))
-- [@jurasan](https://github.com/jurasan) ([#372](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/372))
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-time: 2023-07-07T13:54:42.41341+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  Issue: "829"
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Features-20230817-130731.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Features-20230817-130731.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e88deb7bd..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Features-20230817-130731.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Persist Column level comments when creating views
-time: 2023-08-17T13:07:31.6812862Z
-custom:
-  Author: jurasan
-  Issue: 372
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230517-142331.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230517-142331.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f90e48b3..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230517-142331.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Wrap AnalysisException into DbtRuntimeError
-time: 2023-05-17T14:23:31.263799+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  Issue: "782"
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230810-014122.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230810-014122.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fcb34237e..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Fixes-20230810-014122.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: include tblproperties macro in adapters.sql create table
-time: 2023-08-10T01:41:22.782982+08:00
-custom:
-  Author: etheleon
-  Issue: "865"
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Security-20230817-145626.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Security-20230817-145626.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4add88cbc..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Security-20230817-145626.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Security
-body: Add docker image to the repo
-time: 2023-08-17T14:56:26.361208+02:00
-custom:
-  Author: Fokko
-  PR: "876"
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230724-165508.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230724-165508.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 889484644..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230724-165508.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Update stale workflow to use centralized version
-time: 2023-07-24T16:55:08.096947-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "842"
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230830-160616.yaml b/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230830-160616.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 018a94030..000000000
--- a/.changes/1.7.0/Under the Hood-20230830-160616.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Under the Hood
-body: Remove dependency on hologram
-time: 2023-08-30T16:06:16.444881-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
-  Issue: "881"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230921-180958.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230921-180958.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66141eb5f..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230921-180958.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Support storing test failures as views
-time: 2023-09-21T18:09:58.174136-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "6914"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231011-094718.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231011-094718.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8503a70b8..000000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20231011-094718.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Create temporary views with 'or replace'
-time: 2023-10-11T09:47:18.485764-07:00
-custom:
-  Author: annazizian
-  Issue: "350"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 362976a1a..902db37fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,83 +5,6 @@
 - "Breaking changes" listed under a version may require action from end users or external maintainers when upgrading to that version.
 - Do not edit this file directly. This file is auto-generated using [changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie). For details on how to document a change, see [the contributing guide](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
-## dbt-spark 1.7.0-b2 - October 02, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Persist Column level comments when creating views ([#372](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/372))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Remove dependency on hologram ([#881](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/881))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Replace sasl with pure-sasl for PyHive ([#818](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/818))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.8 to ~=4.9 ([#874](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/874))
-- Bump mypy from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1 ([#875](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/875))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.9 to ~=4.10 ([#879](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/879))
-- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.3 to ~=3.4 ([#884](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/884))
-- Update black requirement from ~=23.7 to ~=23.9 ([#886](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/886))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.10 to ~=4.11 ([#887](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/887))
-
-### Security
-
-- Add docker image to the repo ([#876](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/876))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#876](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/876))
-- [@jurasan](https://github.com/jurasan) ([#372](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/372))
-
-
-## dbt-spark 1.7.0-b1 - August 17, 2023
-
-### Features
-
-- Support server side parameters in thrift connection ([#387](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/387))
-- Support server_side_parameters for Spark session connection method ([#690](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/690))
-- Add server_side_parameters to HTTP connection method ([#824](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/824))
-- Enforce server side parameters keys and values to be strings ([#826](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/826))
-- Add SessionConnectionWrapper ([#829](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/829))
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Wrap AnalysisException into DbtRuntimeError ([#782](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/782))
-- include tblproperties macro in adapters.sql create table ([#865](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/865))
-
-### Under the Hood
-
-- Update stale workflow to use centralized version ([#842](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/842))
-
-### Dependencies
-
-- Update tox requirement from ~=3.0 to ~=4.5 ([#741](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/741))
-- Update pyodbc requirement from ~=4.0.30 to ~=4.0.39 ([#742](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/742))
-- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=2.21 to ~=3.3 ([#748](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/748))
-- Update types-requests requirement from ~=2.28 to ~=2.29 ([#749](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/749))
-- Bump mypy from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 ([#768](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/768))
-- Update flake8 requirement from ~=6.0 to ~=6.1 ([#849](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/849))
-- Update types-requests requirement from ~=2.29 to ~=2.31 ([#850](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/850))
-- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.2 to ~=3.3 ([#851](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/851))
-- Update pytest requirement from ~=7.3 to ~=7.4 ([#852](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/852))
-- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=6.13 to ~=7.2 ([#856](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/856))
-- Update black requirement from ~=23.3 to ~=23.7 ([#857](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/857))
-- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.40 to ~=0.41 ([#858](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/858))
-- Update mock requirement from ~=5.0 to ~=5.1 ([#859](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/859))
-- Bump mypy from 1.3.0 to 1.4.1 ([#860](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/860))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.5 to ~=4.6 ([#861](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/861))
-- Update pip-tools requirement from ~=7.2 to ~=7.3 ([#863](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/863))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.6 to ~=4.7 ([#867](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/867))
-- Update tox requirement from ~=4.7 to ~=4.8 ([#871](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/871))
-- Bump mypy from 1.4.1 to 1.5.0 ([#872](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/872))
-
-### Contributors
-- [@Fokko](https://github.com/Fokko) ([#829](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/829), [#782](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/782))
-- [@Fokko,JCZuurmond](https://github.com/Fokko,JCZuurmond) ([#824](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/824), [#826](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/826))
-- [@alarocca-apixio](https://github.com/alarocca-apixio) ([#690](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/690))
-- [@etheleon](https://github.com/etheleon) ([#865](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/865))
-- [@hanna-liashchuk](https://github.com/hanna-liashchuk) ([#387](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/387))
-
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
 - [1.6](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/blob/1.6.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
index 3f5d3c0b7..f15b401d1 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.7.0b2"
+version = "1.8.0a1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 088e5f87d..301b4a41f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _get_dbt_core_version():
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-spark"
-package_version = "1.7.0b2"
+package_version = "1.8.0a1"
 dbt_core_version = _get_dbt_core_version()
 description = """The Apache Spark adapter plugin for dbt"""