diff --git a/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst b/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
index a32700e0e..80ed2171f 100644
--- a/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package rclpy
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+8.0.0 (2024-12-20)
+------------------
 * Add support for operator overloading of `Duration` (`#1387 <https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/issues/1387>`_)
 * Service/Client Implementation types (`#1384 <https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/issues/1384>`_)
 * avoid lifecycle node transition exception (`#1319 <https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/issues/1319>`_)
diff --git a/rclpy/package.xml b/rclpy/package.xml
index 535ba297e..a08514c6f 100644
--- a/rclpy/package.xml
+++ b/rclpy/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rclpy</name>
-  <version>7.7.0</version>
+  <version>8.0.0</version>
   <description>Package containing the Python client.</description>
 
   <maintainer email="sloretz@openrobotics.org">Shane Loretz</maintainer>