python semantic-release fails in version > 7
see https://gitlab.gwdg.de/dariah-de/textgridrep/textgrid-python-clients/-/jobs/1153831
and there are even more changes required to use v8, like publishing to pypi is not handled directly anymore: https://python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrating_from_v7.html