diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 02740e913c3..7b56343ee28 100644
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+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+2.8.0 / 2012-08-23
+==================
+
+  * changed; fixed; retain virtual setter return values #1069
+  * changed; fixed; directly setting nested objects now overwrites instead of merging
+  * updated; driver to 1.1.4
+  * fixed; error on bad validators #1044
+  * fixed; query population edge case #1053 #1055 [jfremy](https://github.com/jfremy)
+
 2.7.4 / 2012-08-02
 ==================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "mongoose"
   , "description": "Mongoose MongoDB ODM"
-  , "version": "2.7.4"
+  , "version": "2.8.0"
   , "author": "Guillermo Rauch <guillermo@learnboost.com>"
   , "keywords": ["mongodb", "mongoose", "mongo", "orm", "data", "datastore", "nosql", "odm", "sql"]
   , "dependencies": {