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--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.8.0a1
+current_version = 1.8.0b1
 parse = (?P<major>[\d]+) # major version number
 	\.(?P<minor>[\d]+) # minor version number
 	\.(?P<patch>[\d]+) # patch version number
diff --git a/.changes/1.8.0-b1.md b/.changes/1.8.0-b1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84b8a17cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.8.0-b1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+## dbt-bigquery 1.8.0-b1 - March 01, 2024
+
+### Features
+
+- Add support for checking table-last-modified by metadata ([#938](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/938))
+- Support limiting get_catalog by object name ([#950](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/950))
+- Update base adapter references as part of decoupling migration ([#1067](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1067))
+- Support all types for unit testing in dbt-bigquery, expand coverage of safe_cast macro ([#1090](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1090))
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Patch for json inline --show ([#972](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/972))
+- Lower bound of `2.11.0` for `google-api-core` ([#979](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/979))
+- Fix refresh syntax, config comparison with empty labels ([#983](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/983))
+- Assign the correct relation type to materialized views in catalog queries ([#995](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/995))
+- Fix inline comments (--) on the last line of an incremental model ([#896](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/896))
+- In incremental models, add dummy merge condition on source partition column when partition is required ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/792))
+- Support agate Integer type, test with empty seed ([#1003](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1003))
+- Fixed issue where materialized views were failing on re-run with minimal config parameters ([#1007](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1007))
+- Fix broken partition config granularity and batch_id being set to None ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- replace deterministic batch_id with uuid ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- remove json patch to leverage bigquery-python improvement ([#1055](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1055))
+- remove `token` field from connection keys ([#1105](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1105))
+- Remove custom query job async timeout logic as it has been fixed in bigquery-python ([#1081](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1081))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Upgrade spark-bigquery Java deps for serverless to 2.13-0.34.0 ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- Primary and foreign key constraints are not enforced in BigQuery ([#1018](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1018))
+- Add tests for --empty flag ([#1029](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1029))
+- Migrate to dbt-common and dbt-adapters package ([#1071](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1071))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.19 to ~=1.20 ([#948](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/948))
+- Update pre-commit-hooks requirement from ~=4.4 to ~=4.5 ([#960](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/960))
+- Bump mypy from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0 ([#963](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/963))
+- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5 ([#969](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/969))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.9 to ~=23.10 ([#973](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/973))
+- Bump mypy from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 ([#985](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/985))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.20 to ~=2.1 ([#989](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/989))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.10 to ~=23.11 ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1013))
+- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.3 to ~=3.4 ([#1022](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1022))
+- Bump mypy from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 ([#1023](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1023))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.1 to ~=2.2 ([#1028](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1028))
+- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.41 to ~=0.42 ([#1033](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1033))
+- Bump mypy from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 ([#1034](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1034))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.2 to ~=2.3 ([#1035](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1035))
+- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5 ([#1037](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1037))
+- Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.2 to ~=1.3 ([#1040](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1040))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.11 to ~=23.12 ([#1056](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1056))
+- get dbt-tests-adapters from dbt-adapters repo ([#1077](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1077))
+
+### Contributors
+- [@gmyrianthous](https://github.com/gmyrianthous) ([#979](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/979))
+- [@matt-winkler](https://github.com/matt-winkler) ([#972](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/972))
+- [@tnk-ysk](https://github.com/tnk-ysk) ([#896](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/896), [#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/792))
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ade60b8f6..6012f18df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,65 @@
 - "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-bigquery/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-changelog-entry)
 
+## dbt-bigquery 1.8.0-b1 - March 01, 2024
+
+### Features
+
+- Add support for checking table-last-modified by metadata ([#938](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/938))
+- Support limiting get_catalog by object name ([#950](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/950))
+- Update base adapter references as part of decoupling migration ([#1067](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1067))
+- Support all types for unit testing in dbt-bigquery, expand coverage of safe_cast macro ([#1090](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1090))
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Patch for json inline --show ([#972](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/972))
+- Lower bound of `2.11.0` for `google-api-core` ([#979](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/979))
+- Fix refresh syntax, config comparison with empty labels ([#983](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/983))
+- Assign the correct relation type to materialized views in catalog queries ([#995](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/995))
+- Fix inline comments (--) on the last line of an incremental model ([#896](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/896))
+- In incremental models, add dummy merge condition on source partition column when partition is required ([#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/792))
+- Support agate Integer type, test with empty seed ([#1003](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1003))
+- Fixed issue where materialized views were failing on re-run with minimal config parameters ([#1007](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1007))
+- Fix broken partition config granularity and batch_id being set to None ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- replace deterministic batch_id with uuid ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- remove json patch to leverage bigquery-python improvement ([#1055](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1055))
+- remove `token` field from connection keys ([#1105](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1105))
+- Remove custom query job async timeout logic as it has been fixed in bigquery-python ([#1081](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1081))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Upgrade spark-bigquery Java deps for serverless to 2.13-0.34.0 ([#1006](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1006))
+- Primary and foreign key constraints are not enforced in BigQuery ([#1018](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1018))
+- Add tests for --empty flag ([#1029](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1029))
+- Migrate to dbt-common and dbt-adapters package ([#1071](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/1071))
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.19 to ~=1.20 ([#948](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/948))
+- Update pre-commit-hooks requirement from ~=4.4 to ~=4.5 ([#960](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/960))
+- Bump mypy from 1.5.1 to 1.6.0 ([#963](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/963))
+- Update pre-commit requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5 ([#969](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/969))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.9 to ~=23.10 ([#973](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/973))
+- Bump mypy from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 ([#985](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/985))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=1.20 to ~=2.1 ([#989](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/989))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.10 to ~=23.11 ([#1013](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1013))
+- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.3 to ~=3.4 ([#1022](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1022))
+- Bump mypy from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 ([#1023](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1023))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.1 to ~=2.2 ([#1028](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1028))
+- Update wheel requirement from ~=0.41 to ~=0.42 ([#1033](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1033))
+- Bump mypy from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 ([#1034](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1034))
+- Update ddtrace requirement from ~=2.2 to ~=2.3 ([#1035](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1035))
+- Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.4 to ~=3.5 ([#1037](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1037))
+- Update freezegun requirement from ~=1.2 to ~=1.3 ([#1040](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1040))
+- Update black requirement from ~=23.11 to ~=23.12 ([#1056](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1056))
+- get dbt-tests-adapters from dbt-adapters repo ([#1077](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/pull/1077))
+
+### Contributors
+- [@gmyrianthous](https://github.com/gmyrianthous) ([#979](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/979))
+- [@matt-winkler](https://github.com/matt-winkler) ([#972](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/972))
+- [@tnk-ysk](https://github.com/tnk-ysk) ([#896](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/896), [#792](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/issues/792))
+
+
 ## Previous Releases
 For information on prior major and minor releases, see their changelogs:
 - [1.6](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-bigquery/blob/1.6.latest/CHANGELOG.md)
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
index f15b401d1..6496f3e22 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8.0a1"
+version = "1.8.0b1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f8e16ded9..97cfdae5e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def _dbt_bigquery_version() -> str:
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-bigquery"
-package_version = "1.8.0a1"
+package_version = "1.8.0b1"
 description = """The BigQuery adapter plugin for dbt"""
 
 setup(