diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 071981d1..8a79addf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Jul 28 06:12:03 PM CEST 2026
+    Fixing additional vulnerabilities inspired by reviewing the
+    code for similar issues like the ones reported by A. Ramos;
+    expand the test suite to cover these and other issues.
+    Releasing GNU libmicrohttpd 1.0.8. -CG
+
 Mon Jul 27 06:12:03 PM CEST 2026
     Fixing various vulnerabilities reported by A. Ramos resulting
     in possible crashes or out-of-bounds stack writes for certain
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 652ae97a..093cc757 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Tue Jul 28 06:13:26 PM CEST 2026
+Released GNU libmicrohttpd 1.0.8.
+
+    This is a bugfix release, fixing minor security vulnerabilities
+    and expanding the test suite.
+
+    -- Christian Grothoff
+
 Mon Jul 27 06:13:26 PM CEST 2026
 Released GNU libmicrohttpd 1.0.7.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef24b419..0413d1be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 LT_PREREQ([2.4.0])
-AC_INIT([GNU libmicrohttpd],[1.0.7],[libmicrohttpd@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU libmicrohttpd],[1.0.8],[libmicrohttpd@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 MHD_AUX_DIR='build-aux' # Must be set to the same value as in the previous line
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([MHD_config.h])
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 m4_pattern_forbid([^_?MHD_[A-Z_]+_CC_])dnl
 
 LIB_VERSION_CURRENT=74
-LIB_VERSION_REVISION=5
+LIB_VERSION_REVISION=6
 LIB_VERSION_AGE=62
 AC_SUBST([LIB_VERSION_CURRENT])
 AC_SUBST([LIB_VERSION_REVISION])
diff --git a/src/include/microhttpd.h b/src/include/microhttpd.h
index 181fd3f6..1f534b0f 100644
--- a/src/include/microhttpd.h
+++ b/src/include/microhttpd.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ MHD_C_DECLRATIONS_START_HERE_
  * they are parsed as decimal numbers.
  * Example: 0x01093001 = 1.9.30-1.
  */
-#define MHD_VERSION 0x01000600
+#define MHD_VERSION 0x01000800
 
 /* If generic headers don't work on your platform, include headers
    which define 'va_list', 'size_t', 'ssize_t', 'intptr_t', 'off_t',