diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b7b335d598..e967c265cd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+2021.02.8, released December 14th, 2021
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Defconfigs: Various fixes for building with gcc >= 10 host or
+	target compilers.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: alsa-lib, apparmor, apr, asterisk,
+	binutils, bluez5_utils, busybox, coreutils, e2fsprogs, ell,
+	exfat, freeswitch, gdb, glmark2, glog, glorytun, gmp,
+	gpu-amd-bin-mx51, gst1-interpipe, gstreamer1, guile, gupnp,
+	hackrf, heimdal, hiawatha, hplip, icu, imx-vpuwrap, isl, iwd,
+	janus-gateway, libatomic_ops, libbson, libdnet, libffi,
+	libgdiplus, libgee, libhtp, libmodsecurity, libnspr, libnss,
+	libunwind, linux, lynx, meson, micropython, mkpasswd, mksh,
+	mosquitto, motion, mxml, netdata, nfs-utils, oracle-mysql,
+	pcre, pkcs11-helper, postgresql, pure-ftpd, python-cycler,
+	qdecoder, rcw-smarc-sal28, samba4, smack, speex, stress-ng,
+	suricata, syslinux, uboot, unixodbc, unrar, vim, websocketpp,
+	wireshark
+
+	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+	#14346: BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS_RPC_NFSD does not patch CONFIG_NFSD..
+
 2021.02.7, released November 10th, 2021
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 47973344d3..926695afd3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2021.02.7
+export BR2_VERSION := 2021.02.8
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1636550000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1639501000
 
 # 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 c05053f2b2..ae1dd51650 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2021.02.7'
+RELEASE='2021.02.8'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048