diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 911b2f5..1521433 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Description: High-performance MongoDB client based on 'mongo-c-driver' and 'json
     Includes support for aggregation, indexing, map-reduce, streaming, encryption,
     enterprise authentication, and GridFS. The online user manual provides an overview 
     of the available methods in the package: <https://jeroen.github.io/mongolite/>.
-Version: 2.7.3
+Version: 2.8.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", ,"jeroen@berkeley.edu", role = c("aut", "cre"),
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fa895c8..a0a7d6b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.8.0
+ - Update vendored mongo-c-driver to 1.26.2
+
 2.7.3
  - Fix some printf warnings for CRAN