diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a12582e9..fe05b873 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Release 2.2.8 (January 28, 2020)
+[Milestone#46](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/45)
+* Updating the AWS SDK version to 2.10.56.
+  * [PR#679](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/679)
+* Making ShardConsumerTest resilient to race conditions.
+  * [PR#668](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/668)
+* Updating integration test naming.
+  * [PR#667](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/667)
+
 ### Release 2.2.7 (December 2, 2019)
 [Milestone#45](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/45)
 * Updating the AWS SDK version to 2.10.25
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24d904fa..12cb85c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,13 +63,14 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### Latest Release (2.2.7 - December 2, 2019)
-[Milestone#45](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/45)
-* Updating the AWS SDK version to 2.10.25
-  * [PR#657](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/657)
-* Adding a configurable DynamoDB billing mode
-  * [PR#582](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/582)
-
+### Latest Release (2.2.8 - January 28 2020)
+[Milestone#46](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/45)
+* Updating the AWS SDK version to 2.10.56.
+  * [PR#679](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/679)
+* Making ShardConsumerTest resilient to race conditions.
+  * [PR#668](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/668)
+* Updating integration test naming.
+  * [PR#667](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/667)
 
 ### For remaining release notes check **[CHANGELOG.md][changelog-md]**.
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index 5b250337..f4ab2e1e 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.8</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 4ebaf491..3d5d9655 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.8</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 9030ab4c..bff8002f 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.2.8-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.2.8";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b31c1257..e61967d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.2.8</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>