diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2704845..5ef3b30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package class_loader
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+2.8.0 (2024-04-26)
+------------------
 
 2.7.0 (2023-12-26)
 ------------------
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index fbf7723..4d62cca 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>class_loader</name>
-  <version>2.7.0</version>
+  <version>2.8.0</version>
   <description>
     The class_loader package is a ROS-independent package for loading plugins during runtime and the foundation of the higher level ROS "pluginlib" library.
     class_loader utilizes the host operating system's runtime loader to open runtime libraries (e.g. .so/.dll files), introspect the library for exported plugin classes, and allows users to instantiate objects of these exported classes without the explicit declaration (i.e. header file) for those classes.