diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b5cffbdf..8bc23195 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,23 @@ Fixed
 Added
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+`v2.8.0 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/2.7.0...2.8.0>`__
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Changed
+~~~~~~~
+
+- Update python version test matrix by @auvipy in `#895 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/895>`__
+
+Fixed
+~~~~~
+
+Added
+~~~~~
+
 - Add ``strict_aud`` as an option to ``jwt.decode`` by @woodruffw in `#902 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/902>`__
+- Export PyJWKClientConnectionError class by @daviddavis in `#887 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/887>`__
+- Allows passing of ssl.SSLContext to PyJWKClient by @juur in `#891 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/891>`__
 
 `v2.7.0 <https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/compare/2.6.0...2.7.0>`__
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diff --git a/jwt/__init__.py b/jwt/__init__.py
index 151f18dc..68d09c1c 100644
--- a/jwt/__init__.py
+++ b/jwt/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 )
 from .jwks_client import PyJWKClient
 
-__version__ = "2.7.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"
 
 __title__ = "PyJWT"
 __description__ = "JSON Web Token implementation in Python"