diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0d89f235c3a09e061d290bc11a7758469e433e8..27633c27412aa962b17292269ad898b95f84f173 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ else (SPECTRUM_VERSION)
 		set(SPECTRUM_VERSION 2.0.x-git-${GIT_REVISION})
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DSPECTRUM_VERSION="${SPECTRUM_VERSION}")
 	else (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
-		set(SPECTRUM_VERSION 2.0.7)
+		set(SPECTRUM_VERSION 2.0.8)
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DSPECTRUM_VERSION="${SPECTRUM_VERSION}")
 	endif (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
 endif (SPECTRUM_VERSION)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dd08ae9e8bffebb7f82c247af993385df7617e34..ed8dfafd9173daffd2c15e3e2fddbc403b113f1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Version 2.0.8 (2018-09-17):
+	General:
+	* Fix some MySQL storage backend issues
+	* Appveyor build integration
+	Libpurple backend:
+	* Fix Steam Guard compatibility in Steam Mobile plugin
+	* Fix VCard forwarding and room joining issues
+	Twitter backend:
+	* 280 characters support
+	* Support for Direct Messages is disabled until switching to new
+	Direct Message API
+	Libcommuni backend:
+	* split multiline messages into series of PRIVMSG commands
+
 Version 2.0.7 (2018-04-27):
 	General:
 	* Fix Web interface and Twitter backend compatibilty with Swiften 4 by switching to C++11-compatible JSON library