diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c69e523e44..d7ad5d2451 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 1.8.12: 2018-08-03
+
+* Update to WordPress 4.9.8
+
 ### 1.8.11: 2018-07-09
 
 * Update to WordPress 4.9.7
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 919e40bde5..791c9c93b5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
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     "composer/installers": "^1.4",
     "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.0.1",
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+    "johnpbloch/wordpress": "4.9.8",
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     "roots/wp-password-bcrypt": "1.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 31069718ab..19f52eba7f 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
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+    "content-hash": "718ce52178ac33df2abbfdfb174d2b74",
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@@ -128,20 +128,20 @@
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+            "version": "4.9.8",
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                 "url": "https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress.git",
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-                "reference": "6697a15cdfd60cfdf9f4bf04a4e7637a8d2a5afa",
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+                "johnpbloch/wordpress-core": "4.9.8",
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             },
@@ -163,27 +163,27 @@
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-            "time": "2018-07-05T18:12:19+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-08-02T21:48:39+00:00"
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-            "version": "4.9.7",
+            "version": "4.9.8",
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                 "url": "https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core.git",
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+                "wordpress/core-implementation": "4.9.8"
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@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
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                 "wordpress"
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-            "time": "2018-07-05T18:12:13+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-08-02T21:48:32+00:00"
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             "name": "johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer",
@@ -355,16 +355,16 @@
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+            "version": "v2.5.1",
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@@ -401,22 +401,22 @@
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-            "time": "2018-07-01T10:25:50+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-07-29T20:33:41+00:00"
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     ],
     "packages-dev": [
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             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
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+            "version": "3.3.1",
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                 "url": "https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "d86873af43b4aa9d1f39a3601cc0cfcf02b25266"
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-                "reference": "d86873af43b4aa9d1f39a3601cc0cfcf02b25266",
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+            "time": "2018-07-26T23:47:18+00:00"
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