diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# v8.0.0b1
+**Bug Fix:**
+- Update ExecProvider to use safe\_get() to tolerate kube-config file that sets
+  `args: null` and `env: null` [kubernetes-client/python-base#91](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/91)
+
 # v8.0.0a1
 **New Feature:**
 - Add exec-plugins support in kubeconfig [kubernetes-client/python-base#75](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/75)
diff --git a/kubernetes/base b/kubernetes/base
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--- a/kubernetes/base
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d1e4495a8222f9992c1a0d4bd0cc96832b82ec2
+Subproject commit 8d7b6f7dc3158ff5c45fd828e965606d1c0ecfeb