From e17fe076d646802789ff087fecfbbb6e547a2792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefanni Brasil <stefannibrasil@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:16:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] bump faker to v3.8.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md         | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Gemfile.lock         |  2 +-
 lib/faker/version.rb |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a35681dd6..36ec962f65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v3.8.0](https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/tree/v3.8.0) (2026-04-16)
+
+* Add Lazy loading config by @stefannibrasil and @thdaraujo in https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/pull/3244
+
+### Enabling lazy load
+
+This version introduces lazy loading. It means users will only pay for what they use. Faker [loads 2x faster](https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/blob/main/experiments/lazy_load.md) when it's enabled.
+
+Lazy loading the generators is disabled by default. To enable it, choose one of the configuration options below:
+
+#### 1 - Set lazy load as a Faker Config
+
+`Faker::Config.lazy_loading = true`
+
+#### 2 - Set lazy load as an environment variable
+
+`FAKER_LAZY_LOAD = 1`
+
+We hope you get to see the improvement by enabling it. Please file a bug report for any issues!
+
+Thanks to @jeremyevans for the mentoring, and to @thdaraujo for pairing and code reviews.
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/compare/v3.7.1...v3.8.0
+
+-----------------------
+
 ## [v3.7.1](https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/tree/v3.7.1) (2026-04-14)
 
 Thanks to all contributors!
@@ -26,6 +52,8 @@ Thanks to all contributors!
 
 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/compare/v3.6.1...v3.7.1
 
+--------------------------------
+
 ## [v3.6.1](https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/tree/v3.6.1) (2026-03-04)
 
 It's almost Spring time in the Northern hemisphere 🌸 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 382c3b99e9..5ab438f6f2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    faker (3.7.1)
+    faker (3.8.0)
       i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/faker/version.rb b/lib/faker/version.rb
index 129b7454c2..bf22305023 100644
--- a/lib/faker/version.rb
+++ b/lib/faker/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Faker # :nodoc:
-  VERSION = '3.7.1'
+  VERSION = '3.8.0'
 end