diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 406518a8eb0617e93ffde7a289536b271900c5e4..ef6d7297c4ad593b5988e81ecbd21a7e2c58ca3e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in Release x.x.x
+Changes in Release 2.8.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  * heavy water (DOD) is now recognised as 'water' instead of 'non-polymer' by
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5a7f82a84892190623d18f200922d01fa694ae6..1ff94f97da8a9eced92f710db9139ef91150ea2e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0060 NEW)
 project(OpenStructure CXX C)
 set (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 set (OST_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 7)
+set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 8)
 set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (OST_VERSION_STRING ${OST_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OST_VERSION_MINOR}.${OST_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_support)
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 075735de67f94fa7207ed4ff6bfd69377bdaa500..b7bbf68ab362aed955d0279f68455b31aadcc90a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 # ARGUMENTS
 ###########
-ARG OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="2.7.0"
+ARG OPENSTRUCTURE_VERSION="2.8.0"
 ARG SRC_FOLDER="/usr/local/src"
 ARG CPUS_FOR_MAKE=2
 ARG OPENMM_VERSION="7.7.0"
diff --git a/singularity/Singularity b/singularity/Singularity
index e16d4ad5491baf7aa034de4153c0726800dbfbe3..395c512ca3289341613932f39e24ae9aed0fc264 100644
--- a/singularity/Singularity
+++ b/singularity/Singularity
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BootStrap: docker
-From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:2.7.0-jammy
+From: registry.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure:2.8.0
 %post
 ##############################################################################
 # POST