diff --git a/grimoire_elk/_version.py b/grimoire_elk/_version.py
index fb016393d..1f2ed1143 100644
--- a/grimoire_elk/_version.py
+++ b/grimoire_elk/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-02-08 11:29:55.132626
-__version__ = "0.109.7"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2024-02-19 17:22:46.663808
+__version__ = "0.109.8-rc.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a270ff54..f7a41c826 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "grimoire-elk"
-version = "0.109.7"
+version = "0.109.8-rc.1"
 description = "GrimoireELK processes and stores software development data to ElasticSearch"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/releases/0.109.8-rc.1.md b/releases/0.109.8-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68563e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/0.109.8-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  ## grimoire-elk 0.109.8-rc.1 - (2024-02-19)
+  
+  * Update Poetry's package dependencies