diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ee1df42cf4..68c5f9af09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+PySCF 2.8.0 (2025-01-14)
+------------------------
+* Added
+  - The ccpy extension (https://github.com/piecuch-group/ccpy) which enables various Coupled cluster methods
+  - COSMO-RS functionality
+  - DFMP2 and RPA for UHF reference
+  - Add functions to read and write Cell geometry, allowing Direct or Cartesian in VASP input
+  - Add def2-mtzvp and def2-mtzvpp basis sets for 3c methods
+  - libqcschema module to load qcschema json
+* Improved
+  - Integral screening for Gaunt and Breit term
+  - Performance and multi-threading efficiency of DFMP2 and RPA, gaining 4x - 8x speedups
+  - Stability analysis for extended system, matching with molecular version
+  - Update to Libxc 7.0
+  - Adjust TDDFT amplitudes to follow the CIS convention
+  - Accelerate DFT density and XC potential, especially for MGGA.
+  - Automatically apply SCF initial guess from existing wavefunction.
+  - Improve the first order derivatives of density fitting J/K matrices for non-hermitian density matrices.
+  - Improve TDDFT diagonalization numerical stability.
+  - Remove redundant integral computation for SR-only (such as HSE) and LR-only (such as wb97) RSH functionals
+* Fixes
+  - ASE interfaces regarding to the API changes in ASE v3.11.0
+  - Missing conj() for t2 amps in GCCSD and UCCSD routines
+  - UCCSD damping
+  - Fix biased implementation for the becke radi method.
+  - Fix DFT define_xc_ interface and examples.
+  - Fix SR-ERI integral screening estimator.
+  - Fix CCSD two-particle density matrix for complex orbitals.
+  - Take cell.rcut into account when generating becke grids for low-dimensional systems.
+
+
 PySCF 2.7.0 (2024-09-23)
 ------------------------
 * Added
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 0aba9fa9a9..a29c2d4122 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ Michal Krompiec
 Victor Yu
 James Serna (The Ohio State University)
 Brian Zhao
+Juan Jose Aucar
+Ivan Chernyshov
+kvkarandashev
+Jonas Greiner
+steto123
+Ethan Vo
+Raehyun Kim
+Sebastian Ehlert
+Thijs Vogels
+Andrew Jenkins
+Al Nejati
 
 
 ---
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52649d1169..11a5ff64ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Python-based Simulations of Chemistry Framework
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/pyscf/pyscf/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pyscf/pyscf/actions?query=workflow%3ACI)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pyscf/pyscf/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/pyscf/pyscf)
 
-2024-09-23
+2025-01-14
 
-* [Stable release 2.7.0](https://github.com/pyscf/pyscf/releases/tag/v2.7.0)
+* [Stable release 2.8.0](https://github.com/pyscf/pyscf/releases/tag/v2.8.0)
 * [Changelog](../master/CHANGELOG)
 * [Documentation](http://www.pyscf.org)
 * [Installation](#installation)
diff --git a/pyscf/__init__.py b/pyscf/__init__.py
index 6c22895e23..63cd54a4f9 100644
--- a/pyscf/__init__.py
+++ b/pyscf/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 '''
 
-__version__ = '2.7.0'
+__version__ = '2.8.0'
 
 import os
 import sys