diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 1dff905..7afa757 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Changes between 1.0.0-beta8 and 1.0.0-rc1
+
+No changes yet.
+
+
+
 ## Changes between 1.0.0-beta7 and 1.0.0-beta8
 
 ### GridFS support improvements
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e54b3d7..7f2ceca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RC1 is something we believe is worth labelling 1.0 when most of documentation gu
 
 With Leiningen:
 
-    [com.novemberain/monger "1.0.0-beta7"]
+    [com.novemberain/monger "1.0.0-beta8"]
 
 
 With Maven:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ With Maven:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.novemberain</groupId>
       <artifactId>monger</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0-beta7</version>
+      <version>1.0.0-beta8</version>
     </dependency>