diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 587642c..4fd89da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package rcpputils
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+2.8.0 (2023-09-07)
+------------------
 * Add unique_lock implementation with clang thread safety annotations (`#180 <https://github.com/ros2/rcpputils/issues/180>`_)
 * Contributors: Emerson Knapp
 
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
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--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rcpputils</name>
-  <version>2.7.1</version>
+  <version>2.8.0</version>
   <description>Package containing utility code for C++.</description>
 
   <maintainer email="brandon@openrobotics.org">Brandon Ong</maintainer>