diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8fe6ad7..97acab2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = ["crates/aerro", "crates/aerro-macros"]
 # (Reserved for workspace-wide clippy overrides; currently none.)
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5764f7..53f7e04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cargo run --example basic --features macro
 | Flag | Default | Description |
 |------|---------|-------------|
 | `macro` | ✓ | `#[derive(Aerro)]` proc-macro |
-| `tracing` | ✓ | Capture OTel trace/span IDs from the active `tracing` span |
+| `tracing` | ✗ | Capture OTel trace/span IDs from the active `tracing` span |
 
 ## Status
 
diff --git a/crates/aerro/Cargo.toml b/crates/aerro/Cargo.toml
index a06c3e6..2d82407 100644
--- a/crates/aerro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aerro/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 documentation.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["macro", "tracing"]
+default = ["macro"]
 macro     = ["dep:aerro-macros"]
 tracing   = ["dep:tracing", "dep:tracing-opentelemetry", "dep:opentelemetry"]
 
 [dependencies]
-aerro-macros = { path = "../aerro-macros", version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
+aerro-macros = { path = "../aerro-macros", version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 tonic   = { workspace = true }
 prost   = { workspace = true }
 bytes   = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/aerro/src/lib.rs b/crates/aerro/src/lib.rs
index e0ed88c..71aea2f 100644
--- a/crates/aerro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/aerro/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 //! | Flag | Default | Description |
 //! |------|---------|-------------|
 //! | `macro` | ✓ | [`Aerro`] derive macro |
-//! | `tracing` | ✓ | Capture OTel trace/span IDs via the `tracing` subscriber |
+//! | `tracing` | ✗ | Capture OTel trace/span IDs via the `tracing` subscriber |
 //! # Key Types
 //!
 //! - [`Aerro`] — the trait every error type implements (derive or manual)