diff --git a/components/bower.json b/components/bower.json
index 82d7ad1d..55eca01a 100644
--- a/components/bower.json
+++ b/components/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.0.7",
+  "version": "4.0.8",
   "main": "handlebars.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {}
diff --git a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
index 1a785122..8de33981 100644
--- a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
+++ b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package>
 	<metadata>
 		<id>handlebars.js</id>
-		<version>4.0.7</version>
+		<version>4.0.8</version>
 		<authors>handlebars.js Authors</authors>
 		<licenseUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/blob/master/LICENSE</licenseUrl>
 		<projectUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/</projectUrl>
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/base.js b/lib/handlebars/base.js
index 615661e2..a684797c 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/base.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/base.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {registerDefaultHelpers} from './helpers';
 import {registerDefaultDecorators} from './decorators';
 import logger from './logger';
 
-export const VERSION = '4.0.7';
+export const VERSION = '4.0.8';
 export const COMPILER_REVISION = 7;
 
 export const REVISION_CHANGES = {
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/runtime.js b/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
index 583d4350..60f8e244 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ export function invokePartial(partial, context, options) {
     options.data = createFrame(options.data);
     // Wrapper function to get access to currentPartialBlock from the closure
     let fn = options.fn;
-    partialBlock = options.data['partial-block'] = function partialBlockWrapper(context, options) {
+    partialBlock = options.data['partial-block'] = function partialBlockWrapper(context, options = {}) {
+
       // Restore the partial-block from the closure for the execution of the block
       // i.e. the part inside the block of the partial call.
       options.data = createFrame(options.data);
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index b4d3ec07..36bec789 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
 
 ## Development
 
-[Commits](https://github.com/nknapp/handlebars.js/compare/v4.0.7...master)
+[Commits](https://github.com/nknapp/handlebars.js/compare/v4.0.8...master)
+
+## v4.0.8 - May 2nd, 2017
+- [#1341](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/issues/1341) [#1342](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/issues/1342) Allow partial-blocks to be executed without "options" ([@nknapp](https://github.com/nknapp)) - a00c598
+
+Compatibility notes:
+- No breaking changes
+
+[Commits](https://github.com/nknapp/handlebars.js/compare/v4.0.7...v4.0.8)
 
 ## v4.0.7 - April 29th, 2017
 - [#1319](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/issues/1319): Fix context-stack when calling block-helpers on null values ([@nknapp](https://github.com/nknapp)) - c8f4b57
diff --git a/spec/regressions.js b/spec/regressions.js
index e922169d..d51765c1 100644
--- a/spec/regressions.js
+++ b/spec/regressions.js
@@ -293,4 +293,13 @@ describe('Regressions', function() {
     var string = '{{#each list}}{{#unless ./prop}}parent={{../value}} {{/unless}}{{/each}}';
     shouldCompileTo(string, { value: 'parent', list: [ null, 'a'] }, 'parent=parent parent=parent ', '');
   });
+
+  it('GH-1341: 4.0.7 release breaks {{#if @partial-block}} usage', function() {
+    var string = 'template {{>partial}} template';
+    var partials = {
+      partialWithBlock: '{{#if @partial-block}} block {{> @partial-block}} block {{/if}}',
+      partial: '{{#> partialWithBlock}} partial {{/partialWithBlock}}'
+    };
+    shouldCompileToWithPartials(string, [{}, {}, partials], true, 'template  block  partial  block  template');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tasks/publish.js b/tasks/publish.js
index 55ea20a7..38039c6d 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.js
+++ b/tasks/publish.js
@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       git.commitInfo(function(err, info) {
         grunt.log.writeln('tag: ' + info.tagName);
 
+        var files = [];
+
+        // Publish the master as "latest" and with the commit-id
         if (info.isMaster) {
+          files.push('-latest');
+          files.push('-' + info.head);
+        }
+
+        // Publish tags by their tag-name
+        if (info.tagName && semver.valid(info.tagName)) {
+          files.push('-' + info.tagName);
+        }
+
+        if (files.length > 0) {
           initSDK();
-
-          var files = ['-latest', '-' + info.head];
-          if (info.tagName && semver.valid(info.tagName)) {
-            files.push('-' + info.tagName);
-          }
-
+          grunt.log.writeln('publishing files: ' + JSON.stringify(files));
           publish(fileMap(files), done);
         } else {
           // Silently ignore for branches