diff --git a/README b/README
index 4ea9147..adbaf36 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,40 @@
                               Fontconfig
              Font configuration and customization library
-                             Version 2.7.3
-                              2009-09-08
+                              Version 2.8
+                              2009-11-18
 
 
 Check INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
 Report bugs to https://bugs.freedesktop.org in the fontconfig module.
 
+2.8
+
+Behdad Esfahbod (24):
+      Clarify default confdir and cachedir better.
+      Move FcAlign to fcint.h
+      [fc-arch] Add FcAlign to arch signature
+      [int] Define MIN/MAX/ABS macros
+      Bump cache version up from 2 to 3 and fix FcLangSet caching/crash
+      Remove unused macros
+      [int] Remove fc_storage_type() in favor of direct access to v->type
+      [int] Remove fc_value_* macros that did nothing other than renaming
+      Enable automake silent rules
+      [int] Remove more unused macros
+      [xml] Remove unused code
+      [arch] Try to ensure proper FcLangSet alignment in arch
+      [lang] Fix serializing LangSet from older versions
+      Make sure fclang.h and fcarch.h are built
+      Remove bogus comment
+      [fc-glyphname] Cleanup Makefile.am
+      [src] Create fcglyphname.h automatically
+      [fc-glyphname] Rename internal arrays to prefix with _fc_
+      Clean up Makefile's a bit
+      [fc-glyphname] Remove Adobe glyphlist
+      [fc-case] Update CaseFolding.txt to Unicode 5.2.0
+      [fc-arch] Beautify the arch template
+      [fc-arch] Rename architecture names to better reflect what they are
+      Bump libtool revision in preparation for release
+
 2.7.3
 
 Behdad Esfahbod (2):
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b7749bf..589b0c4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 dnl version.  This same version number must appear in fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 dnl Yes, it is a pain to synchronize version numbers.  Unfortunately, it's
 dnl not possible to extract the version number here from fontconfig.h
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.7.3)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.8.0)
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 7b36056..4efa450 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
  */
 
 #define FC_MAJOR	2
-#define FC_MINOR	7
-#define FC_REVISION	3
+#define FC_MINOR	8
+#define FC_REVISION	0
 
 #define FC_VERSION	((FC_MAJOR * 10000) + (FC_MINOR * 100) + (FC_REVISION))