diff --git a/Release/CMakeLists.txt b/Release/CMakeLists.txt
index 26a5224824..e9b8a05471 100644
--- a/Release/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Release/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(CPPREST_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set(CPPREST_VERSION_MINOR 10)
-set(CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION 7)
+set(CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION 8)
 
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/Release/include/cpprest/version.h b/Release/include/cpprest/version.h
index ef38ad4fe9..4abd1d45fe 100644
--- a/Release/include/cpprest/version.h
+++ b/Release/include/cpprest/version.h
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 */
 #define CPPREST_VERSION_MINOR 10
 #define CPPREST_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION 7
+#define CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION 8
 
 #define CPPREST_VERSION (CPPREST_VERSION_MAJOR*100000+CPPREST_VERSION_MINOR*100+CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION)
diff --git a/Release/tests/functional/misc/version/version.cpp b/Release/tests/functional/misc/version/version.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dd7cc98bb3..0000000000
--- a/Release/tests/functional/misc/version/version.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/***
-* Copyright (C) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
-* Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
-*
-* =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
-*
-* Basic tests for versioning
-*
-* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-****/
-#include "cpprest/version.h"
-#include "unittestpp.h"
-
-namespace tests { namespace functional { namespace misc { namespace versioning {
-
-SUITE(version_test1)
-{
-
-TEST(VersionTest1)
-{
-    // If these tests fail, this means that version.props and version.h are out of sync
-    // When the version number if changed, both files must change
-    VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(_VER_MINOR, CPPREST_VERSION_MINOR);
-    VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(_VER_MAJOR, CPPREST_VERSION_MAJOR);
-    VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(_VER_REVISION, CPPREST_VERSION_REVISION);
-}
-
-}
-
-}}}}
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 188c0cd822..6a81a1f011 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+cpprestsdk (2.10.8)
+----------------------
+* PR#938 Allow ppltasks.h and pplxtasks.h to co-exist
+* PR#951 Fix incorrect const in reinterpret_cast
+* PR#955 Fix UWP missing header
+* PR#956 Adds support for OpenSSL 1.1.1
+* PR#959 Fix Android build issue by remove the crossplat name space before android parameters
+* PR#960 Update vcpkg to latest master to fix VS2015 build.
+* PR#966 Fix string size for error message generated by windows_category
+* PR#958 Add uri_builder::append_path_raw(...) to allow adding elements to path intentionally beginning with '/' ("//" will result in the final path value)
+* PR#952 cmake: add code to detect system brotli library
+* PR#963 Fix Brotli compress_helper early termination issue
+* PR#961 Fixes iOS builds and makes it more future proof
+-- cpprestsdk team <askcasablanca@microsoft.com>  WED, 14 Nov 2018 10:24:00 -0800
+
 cpprestsdk (2.10.7)
 ----------------------
 * cpprestsdk now has Azure Pipelines continuous integration.