diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index cc846de..e8808d9 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+== 0.8.4
+
+* Add adapter for Padrino (Elliot Winkler)
+* Fix the diagnoser so that when it overrides Kernel#require it doesn't step on Bundler's toes (Elliot Winkler)
+* show verbose error when failing to install win32-process gem (Tim Harper)
+
 == 0.8.3
 
 * addresses an issue where spork conditional dependency installation would unnecesarily fail
diff --git a/spork.gemspec b/spork.gemspec
index fa9a21d..0938ca9 100644
--- a/spork.gemspec
+++ b/spork.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{spork}
-  s.version = "0.8.3"
+  s.version = "0.8.4"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Tim Harper", "Donald Parish"]