diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 124d28a4c0..a839612611 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2.3.8rc7 to 2.3.8rc8:
+  - Add new POST API for transferor data-service (Valentin Kuznetsov) #12155
+  - Fixes 11777: Adds two tests to UnstableTests (Dennis Lee) #12206
+  - Fix WorkQueue broken reference to rejectedWork and badWork (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #12204
+
+
 2.3.8rc6 to 2.3.8rc7:
   - Fix MSPileup and Rucio emulators (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #12197
   - Adopt MSPileup data into PileupFetcher (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #12197
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index c8c8fc9fae..931c0043e8 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3.8rc7'
+__version__ = '2.3.8rc8'
 __all__ = []