diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 670b57a70..8948a8038 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   unicode-emoji (4.2.0) sha256=519e69150f75652e40bf736106cfbc8f0f73aa3fb6a65afe62fefa7f80b0f80f
   uri (1.1.1) sha256=379fa58d27ffb1387eaada68c749d1426738bd0f654d812fcc07e7568f5c57c6
   useragent (0.16.11) sha256=700e6413ad4bb954bb63547fa098dddf7b0ebe75b40cc6f93b8d54255b173844
-  view_component (4.7.0)
+  view_component (4.8.0)
   warning (1.5.0) sha256=0f12c49fea0c06757778eefdcc7771e4fd99308901e3d55c504d87afdd718c53
   webrick (1.9.2) sha256=beb4a15fc474defed24a3bda4ffd88a490d517c9e4e6118c3edce59e45864131
   websocket (1.2.11) sha256=b7e7a74e2410b5e85c25858b26b3322f29161e300935f70a0e0d3c35e0462737
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 31c1f7ac9..33b31ae91 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ nav_order: 6
 
 ## main
 
+## 4.8.0
+
 * Add `compile.view_component` ActiveSupport::Notifications event for eager compilation at boot time.
 
     *Joel Hawksley*, *GitHub Copilot*
diff --git a/docs/_data/library.yml b/docs/_data/library.yml
index 6fc4b02bd..e4b6c2581 100644
--- a/docs/_data/library.yml
+++ b/docs/_data/library.yml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 4.7.0
+version: 4.8.0
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
index 60ee26fd3..5919d368e 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
index 15206656f..72a823084 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
index 016c47dbb..bc05e624d 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
index 081ac05f8..7c2528fd9 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
index 1e8b18e5e..c958175b1 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
-    view_component (4.7.0)
+    view_component (4.8.0)
       actionview (>= 7.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
diff --git a/lib/view_component/base.rb b/lib/view_component/base.rb
index f82fb6d46..5a2a67dcd 100644
--- a/lib/view_component/base.rb
+++ b/lib/view_component/base.rb
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ class << self
       # @param extensions [Array<String>] Extensions of which to return matching sidecar files.
       def sidecar_files(extensions)
         return [] unless identifier
+        return [] unless name
 
         extensions = extensions.join(",")
 
diff --git a/lib/view_component/version.rb b/lib/view_component/version.rb
index 77a26d9e0..2944137ca 100644
--- a/lib/view_component/version.rb
+++ b/lib/view_component/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module ViewComponent
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 7
+    MINOR = 8
     PATCH = 0
     PRE = nil