diff --git a/.changes/pre.json b/.changes/pre.json
index e6650d93e..6e3fb0336 100644
--- a/.changes/pre.json
+++ b/.changes/pre.json
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
     ".changes/remove-with-window.md",
     ".changes/resources-dir-refactor.md",
     ".changes/restart-application.md",
+    ".changes/revert-cli.js-es-module.md",
     ".changes/rpc-security.md",
     ".changes/run-iteration.md",
     ".changes/run-on-main-thread-refactor.md",
diff --git a/tooling/cli.js/CHANGELOG.md b/tooling/cli.js/CHANGELOG.md
index 2758d4464..13658fc1b 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.js/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tooling/cli.js/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## \[1.0.0-beta.8]
+
+- Reverts ESM distribution.
+  - [01ad2925](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/commit/01ad29257ca0a0d5b56d93dab4f68f4521aa30a6) fix(cli.js): revert ESM distribution ([#2457](https://www.github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/pull/2457)) on 2021-08-16
+
 ## \[1.0.0-beta.7]
 
 - Force Cargo manifest update when running the `deps update` command and fix the version that is written to the file.
diff --git a/tooling/cli.js/package.json b/tooling/cli.js/package.json
index 3cc44aaac..348a10128 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.js/package.json
+++ b/tooling/cli.js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tauri-apps/cli",
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "Command line interface for building Tauri apps",
   "bin": {
     "tauri": "./bin/tauri.js"
diff --git a/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json b/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
index bf5e7fb5d..0967eb7c9 100644
--- a/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
+++ b/tooling/cli.rs/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "cli.js": {
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta.7",
+    "version": "1.0.0-beta.8",
     "node": ">= 12.13.0"
   },
   "tauri": "1.0.0-beta.6",