diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 83a6261f5..b5bed0070 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
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@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
-8.7.3+dev  (XXXX-XX-XX)
+8.8.0      (2024-04-10)
 -----------------------
 
+**Improvements**
+
+- Refactor storage usage with default_storage and staticfiles_storage
+
+**Tests**
+
+- Use temporary media folder for tests
+- Make `MapentityTestCase` more consistent
+
+**CI**
+
+- Parallelize tests in CI
+- Fix codecov
+
+
 8.7.3  (2024-04-02)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/mapentity/VERSION b/mapentity/VERSION
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--- a/mapentity/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.7.3+dev
+8.8.0
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