diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index e09e49206..323f580fe 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/access-client": "8.0.0",
+  "packages/access-client": "8.0.1",
   "packages/access-api": "3.0.0",
   "packages/capabilities": "1.0.0",
   "packages/upload-client": "3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
index 775951bfa..2d3f70678 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.0.1](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/compare/access-v8.0.0...access-v8.0.1) (2022-12-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* conf driver can store top level undefined ([c4b216b](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/commit/c4b216b364fff62b7be9b2f76d6626bfc01c2332))
+
 ## [8.0.0](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3protocol/compare/access-v7.0.2...access-v8.0.0) (2022-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/access-client/package.json b/packages/access-client/package.json
index 5eaa29be1..34c223f6a 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/access-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/access",
-  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "version": "8.0.1",
   "description": "w3access client",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/web3-storage/w3-protocol/tree/main/packages/access-client",
   "repository": {