diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 737c82bf7b..80b8ee6377 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 ChangeLog :
 ===========
 
+2010/01/25 : 1.4-dev8
+    - [CLEANUP] Keep in sync "defaults" support between documentation and code
+    - [MEDIUM] http: add support for Proxy-Connection header
+    - [CRITICAL] buffers: buffer_insert_line2 must not change the ->w entry
+    - [MINOR] http: remove a copy-paste typo in transaction cleaning
+    - [BUG] http: trim any excess buffer data when recycling a connection
+
 2010/01/25 : 1.4-dev7
     - [BUG] appsession: possible memory leak in case of out of memory condition
     - [MINOR] config: don't accept 'appsession' in defaults section
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4639e3fd55..7fa91b5276 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4-dev7
+1.4-dev8
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.spec b/examples/haproxy.spec
index af3f289c33..c0167039b7 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.4-dev7
+Version: 1.4-dev8
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 25 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.4-dev8
+
 * Mon Jan 25 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.4-dev7