diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00e38b348fc..3bce4d2265e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 2.8.0 (Unreleased)
+# 2.8.0 (September 24, 2021)
 
 NOTES:
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NOTES:
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 
-* Added experimental support for retrieving underlying raw protocol values from `helper/schema.ResourceData` and `helper/schema.ResourceDiff`, bypassing the shims. [GH-802]
+* Added experimental support for retrieving underlying raw protocol values from `helper/schema.ResourceData` and `helper/schema.ResourceDiff`, bypassing the shims. ([#802](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/issues/802))
 
 # 2.7.1 (August 31, 2021)
 
diff --git a/meta/meta.go b/meta/meta.go
index fc52d667a1c..b8eba713e95 100644
--- a/meta/meta.go
+++ b/meta/meta.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // The main version number that is being run at the moment.
-var SDKVersion = "2.7.1"
+var SDKVersion = "2.8.0"
 
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release