diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 61fb82fcc2..527d344c9c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2024.02.8, released November 14th, 2024
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: apache, asterisk, bind, bootgen, criu,
+	file, fluidsynth, ghostscript, heimdal, intel-microcode,
+	jailhouse, jsoncpp, libarchive, libcurl, libldns, liblinear,
+	libmdbx, libopenh264, ltrace, lightning, nghttp2, ntp, php,
+	postgresql, procps-ng, python-pyqt5, ruby, sysvinit, tor,
+	wpebackend-fdo
+
+	New packages: python-pyqt5-sip
+
 2024.02.7, released October 21th, 2024
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7373f6432f..9702aadf3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.7
+export BR2_VERSION := 2024.02.8
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1729494000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1731601000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/support/misc/Vagrantfile b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
index 20b22d45e8..91a801bc16 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2024.02.7'
+RELEASE='2024.02.8'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048