diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 42c9972811795..a470405e638fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
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+      - v8
 
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index 46297b934a996..cbc43fb3ab292 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
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index 46e6331583770..a7992ce3d2274 100644
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 458952142ff2b..258111b862c9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
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+    "releaseBranches": [
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diff --git a/smoke-tests/package.json b/smoke-tests/package.json
index f7c83fb8fd65f..83646cf9e4438 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/package.json
+++ b/smoke-tests/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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index b7cd92ba4cb11..bb08682430b9b 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/package.json
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmaccess/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmaccess/package.json
index 94c688e07e58e..3b2760428a0b8 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmaccess/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmaccess/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmdiff/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmdiff/package.json
index 9f61ee8f55cc6..02bdcfdccf90c 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmdiff/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmdiff/package.json
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
index 7f7b8eac456b9..1c31cd08afb78 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmfund/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmfund/package.json
index 68db1d647326a..893023934e234 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmfund/package.json
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmhook/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmhook/package.json
index 446170777ff26..9dd8c86426d03 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmhook/package.json
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diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmorg/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmorg/package.json
index b5ecf40cbf378..21b2b5182b65a 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmorg/package.json
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index e808c7b8e3b6b..79ed112b0e490 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmpack/package.json
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index dd88dd5460dbe..8dd824e809461 100644
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index f9b8cdded0c10..2aef9e6c416c2 100644
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index 2d5a91b5e57c7..f61cefc1c199a 100644
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index ff6415afc862b..8ef219ec15412 100644
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