diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f4d87a3..5de4774c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [2.8.0-alpha.1] 2024-04-09
 
 ### Added
 - API to serialize KeyRings to binary data:
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 	func NewKeyRingFromBinary(binKeys []byte) (*KeyRing, error)
 	```
 
+## [2.8.0-alpha.0] 2024-02-28
+
+### Added 
+- Adds support for the OpenPGP crypto-refresh by updating the go-crypto dependency to `v1.1.0-alpha.1`.
+- Adapts the session key logic to handle PKESK/SKESK v6 packets without an algorithm attached
+- Updates the min go version to `1.17` as required by  go-crypto `v1.1.0-alpha.1`.
+- Update the cricl dependency to `1.3.7` matching go-crypto.
+
+
 ## [2.7.5] 2023-31-01
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/constants/armor.go b/constants/armor.go
index 0d2c1925..8420af25 100644
--- a/constants/armor.go
+++ b/constants/armor.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package constants
 
 // Constants for armored data.
 const (
-	ArmorHeaderVersion = "GopenPGP 2.7.5"
+	ArmorHeaderVersion = "GopenPGP 2.8.0"
 	ArmorHeaderComment = "https://gopenpgp.org"
 	PGPMessageHeader   = "PGP MESSAGE"
 	PGPSignatureHeader = "PGP SIGNATURE"
diff --git a/constants/version.go b/constants/version.go
index cca8c39c..7ab3b2cb 100644
--- a/constants/version.go
+++ b/constants/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package constants
 
-const Version = "2.7.5"
+const Version = "2.8.0"