diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30814aaae2..a7f89d3f08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,17 +11,26 @@
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2643
 * record_accessor helper: Make code simple and bit faster
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2660
+* Relax tzinfo dependency to accept v1
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2673
 * clean up internal classes / code
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2647
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2648
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2653
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2654
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2657
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2667
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * suppress warning
   https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2652
+* suppress keyword argument warning for ruby2.7
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2664
+* RPC: Fix debug log text
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2666
+* time: Properly show class names in error message
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/2671
 
 
 # v1.7
diff --git a/lib/fluent/version.rb b/lib/fluent/version.rb
index 45fe1396c5..30da23de67 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/version.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 module Fluent
 
-  VERSION = '1.8.0.rc1'
+  VERSION = '1.8.0.rc2'
 
 end