diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 87d4e7c472..3af8c5dcdf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+2022.02.8, released December 10th, 2022
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: asterisk, dash, dovecot,
+	dovecot-pigeonhole, edk2, edk2-platforms, elf2flt, exim,
+	freerdp, gcc, gdb, git, gnupg2, heimdal, iwd, kodi,
+	libarchive, libmdbx, libkrb5, libksba, libopenssl, memcached,
+	netsnmp, nginx, openpgm, optee-client, python3, rsync,
+	rtl8723bu, samba4, sdl, sdl2, swupdate, sysstat, systemd,
+	uboot, vim, vlc, xen, xterm
+
+	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+	#15131: Target GDB uses internal zlib
+
 2022.02.7, released November 17th, 2022
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7340b6b607..06020ca18a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2022.02.7
+export BR2_VERSION := 2022.02.8
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1668678000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1670685000
 
 # 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 6195166cc8..b35ccac727 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2022.02.7'
+RELEASE='2022.02.8'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048