diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index a1d2dcdb..36e2d97f 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: Add toggleable `SUPERVISOR_HARDWARE_METRICS` config
+      hash: dcd863eed8b58cc7eae866c941597c7e0a9bfcb1
+      body: |
+        On devices with bandwidth sensitivity, this config var
+        disables sending system information such as memory
+        usage or cpu temp as current state.
+      footer:
+        Closes: '#1645'
+        closes: '#1645'
+        Change-type: minor
+        change-type: minor
+        Signed-off-by: Christina Wang <christina@balena.io>
+        signed-off-by: Christina Wang <christina@balena.io>
+      author: Christina Wang
+      nested: []
+  version: 12.8.0
+  date: 2021-05-13T05:50:32.160Z
 - commits:
     - subject: 'Upgrade mocha to v8, use mocha fixtures for chai plugins'
       hash: 62375c907f2579873e590e2f05767ae6157bbc7b
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91291876..f00b5aa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 automatically by Versionist. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# v12.8.0
+## (2021-05-13)
+
+* Add toggleable `SUPERVISOR_HARDWARE_METRICS` config [Christina Wang]
+
 # v12.7.4
 ## (2021-05-12)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d058e726..a54ec1fc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.7.4
\ No newline at end of file
+12.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e4e4f7ba..96dc53d6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
-  "version": "12.7.4",
+  "version": "12.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 627af40e..1c2e8189 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
   "description": "This is balena's Supervisor, a program that runs on IoT devices and has the task of running user Apps (which are Docker containers), and updating them as the balena API informs it to.",
-  "version": "12.7.4",
+  "version": "12.8.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",