diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3bea34bf4d..f952453790 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+2019.02.8, released December 7th, 2019
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Infrastructure: Make HOST_<pkg>_DL_OPTS inherit from
+	<pkg>_DL_OPTS by default, just like it is done for a number of
+	other package variables
+
+	Add <pkg>_KEEP_PY_FILES to exclude specific python .py files
+	from the removal done by BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON{,3}_PYC_ONLY for
+	the (rare) case where the .py files are needed at runtime
+	rather than .pyc.
+
+	Fix <pkg>-reconfigure handling for packages using the kconfig
+	infrastructure.
+
+	Toolchain: ensure external toolchain kernel headers version
+	check correctly stop the build on mismatch
+
+	Deconfigs: beaglebone: fix boot issue
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: am33x-cm3, asterisk, bind, chrony,
+	clamav, collectd, connman, faifa, gob2, haproxy,
+	intel-microcode, ipsec-tools, jasper, jpeg-turbo, kodi,
+	kvm-unit-tests, libftdi, libftdi1, libnss, libstrophe,
+	libsvgtiny, lvm2, lzma, mariadb, minicom, neardal, nodejs,
+	opencv3, openvmtools, oracle-mysql, perl-gdgraph,
+	perl-gdtextutil, php, postgresql, prosody, python-django,
+	rabbitmq-c, rauc, redis, rpcbind, socat, spice,
+	spice-protocol, tftpd, tiff, webkitgtk
+
+	New packages: libmspack
+
+	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+	#12166: Compiling nodejs for SAMA5D3 always crash with illegal inst..
+	#12171: Python-opencv needs config.py and config-3.7.py to run..
+	#12211: host-nodejs 10.15.3 package fail to build
+	#12316: tzdata fails to install with empty "default local time"
+
 2019.02.7, Released November 10th, 2019
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43c4411e67..dfa62870c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2019.02.7
+export BR2_VERSION := 2019.02.8
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1573422000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1575746000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)