diff --git a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index ecc2b4f0..266b64bd 100644
--- a/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java
 Bundle-SymbolicName: com.amazonaws.kinesisclientlibrary;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.8.9
+Bundle-Version: 1.8.10
 Bundle-Vendor: Amazon Technologies, Inc
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.apache.commons.codec;bundle-version="1.6",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 246b1e32..6c8989d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ To make it easier for developers to write record processors in other languages,
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 1.8.10
+* Allow providing a custom IKinesisProxy implementation.
+  * [PR #274](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/274)
+* Checkpointing on a different thread should no longer emit a warning about NullMetricsScope.
+  * [PR #284](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/284)
+  * [Issue #48](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/issues/48)
+* Upgraded the AWS Java SDK to version 1.11.271
+  * [PR #287](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/287)
+
 ### Release 1.8.9
 * Allow disabling check for the case where a child shard has an open parent shard.  
   There is a race condition where it's possible for the a parent shard to appear open, while having child shards. This check can now be disabled by setting [`ignoreUnexpectedChildShards`](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/blob/master/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java#L1037) to true.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e035bfe4..b323fd5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java</name>
-  <version>1.8.10-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.10</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>