diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 519c22d0..3bc98c6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+## v2.8.0 (2023-02-20)
+
+### Feat
+
+- add a workflow to create sync PRs (#444)
+- add flake8-print plugin to the flake8 git pre-commit hook (#473)
+
+### Fix
+
+- **docs**: update OSSF Scorecard URL (#468)
+- **ci**: update isort to latest fix because of PyCQA/isort/issues/2077 (#455)
+- update project URLs in the package metadata
+
+### Refactor
+
+- **test**: configure warnings for pytest through pyproject.toml only (#436)
+
 ## v2.7.0 (2022-12-28)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd076098..10774c91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ version_files = [
     "src/package/__init__.py:__version__",
 ]
 major_version_zero = false
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 
 
 # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov
diff --git a/src/package/__init__.py b/src/package/__init__.py
index 3e0af249..6ad4b29a 100644
--- a/src/package/__init__.py
+++ b/src/package/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # The version of this package. There's no comprehensive, official list of other
 # magic constants, so we stick with this one only for now. See also this conversation:
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38344848/is-there-a-comprehensive-table-of-pythons-magic-constants
-__version__ = "2.7.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"