diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index a20947254..2e446338b 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+### 2.8.0.rc2 / 2011-12-19
+
+[full changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/compare/v2.8.0.rc1...v2.8.0.rc2)
+
+No changes for this release. Just releasing with the other rspec gems.
+
 ### 2.8.0.rc1 / 2011-11-06
 
 [full changelog](http://github.com/rspec/rspec-expectations/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0.rc1)
diff --git a/lib/rspec/expectations/version.rb b/lib/rspec/expectations/version.rb
index 7776b9c21..74217173e 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/expectations/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/expectations/version.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module RSpec
   module Expectations
     # @private
     module Version
-      STRING = '2.8.0.rc1'
+      STRING = '2.8.0.rc2'
     end
   end
 end