diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5caaaa8..f64654d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 NEWS file for libxml2
 
+v2.11.8: May 13 2024
+
+### Security
+
+- [CVE-2024-34459] Fix buffer overread with `xmllint --htmlout`
+
+### Regressions
+
+- xmllint: Fix --pedantic option
+- save: Handle invalid parent pointers in xhtmlNodeDumpOutput
+
+
 v2.11.7: Feb 4 2024
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0cf23a6..7a39a15 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 m4_define([MAJOR_VERSION], 2)
 m4_define([MINOR_VERSION], 11)
-m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 7)
+m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 8)
 
 AC_INIT([libxml2],[MAJOR_VERSION.MINOR_VERSION.MICRO_VERSION])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([entities.c])