diff --git a/.changes/pre.json b/.changes/pre.json
index a349feb4d427..a3bd9b4bcea8 100644
--- a/.changes/pre.json
+++ b/.changes/pre.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     ".changes/android-load-config.md",
     ".changes/android-on-new-intent.md",
     ".changes/android-plugin-command-exception.md",
+    ".changes/api-ipc-refactor.md",
     ".changes/build-android-env-vars.md",
     ".changes/bump-1.3.md",
     ".changes/bundler-remove-dialog-option.md",
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
     ".changes/fix-proguard-rules.md",
     ".changes/fix-shell-build.md",
     ".changes/fix-tauri-binary-windows.md",
+    ".changes/fix-tray-icon-validation.md",
     ".changes/fix-xcodescript-lib-path.md",
     ".changes/force-colored-logs.md",
     ".changes/generate-tauri-activity.md",
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/CHANGELOG.md b/core/tauri-build/CHANGELOG.md
index a005df8b1cdb..373a0f57a267 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/tauri-build/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[2.0.0-alpha.8]
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- [`560b34dd`](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/commit/560b34dd2a194ad62db09b3e9e41a2cfff4e5710)([#7610](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/pull/7610)) Skip validation of the `tray-icon` feature flag.
+
 ## \[2.0.0-alpha.7]
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
index 6c03431db44d..5f19102210d2 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tauri-build"
-version = "2.0.0-alpha.7"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha.8"
 description = "build time code to pair with https://crates.io/crates/tauri"
 exclude = [ "CHANGELOG.md", "/target" ]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/core/tauri/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
index bc976188b9fb..42ecb098ad2d 100644
--- a/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ swift-rs = "1.0.5"
 [build-dependencies]
 heck = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1"
-tauri-build = { path = "../tauri-build/", version = "2.0.0-alpha.7" }
+tauri-build = { path = "../tauri-build/", version = "2.0.0-alpha.8" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/tooling/api/CHANGELOG.md b/tooling/api/CHANGELOG.md
index 40b81348e199..d94f5664e3b5 100644
--- a/tooling/api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tooling/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[2.0.0-alpha.6]
+
+### New Features
+
+- [`4af5c5a8`](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/commit/4af5c5a8293263c16f8a65e8d232f2de52f41701)([#7170](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/pull/7170)) Change the IPC call to align with the new format for the custom protocol based API.
+
 ## \[2.0.0-alpha.5]
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/tooling/api/package.json b/tooling/api/package.json
index 6b111325d243..ae79c15b0c62 100644
--- a/tooling/api/package.json
+++ b/tooling/api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tauri-apps/api",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.5",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.6",
   "description": "Tauri API definitions",
   "type": "module",
   "funding": {
diff --git a/tooling/cli/metadata-v2.json b/tooling/cli/metadata-v2.json
index f51a12b0ea7c..bb876e4cc4a1 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/metadata-v2.json
+++ b/tooling/cli/metadata-v2.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
     "node": ">= 10.0.0"
   },
   "tauri": "2.0.0-alpha.11",
-  "tauri-build": "2.0.0-alpha.7"
+  "tauri-build": "2.0.0-alpha.8"
 }