diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f975ddd..77c90cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       # The pinned conformance release (ADR-0032). Keep identical to ci.yml.
-      BQ_CONFORMANCE_VERSION: "1.7.0"
+      BQ_CONFORMANCE_VERSION: "1.8.0"
       BQ_FETCH_SH_SHA256: 8bb6ba567b288fb0ac71a70fd17041b2503df119e01998d76fdad372570bf849
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7