diff --git a/plugins/nf-amazon/changelog.txt b/plugins/nf-amazon/changelog.txt
index 911ac7d8f1..f153a7d3f9 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-amazon/changelog.txt
+++ b/plugins/nf-amazon/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 nf-amazon changelog
 ===================
+2.8.0 - 4 Sep 2024
+- Disable AWS spot retry (#5215) [f28fcb25]
+
 2.7.0 - 5 Aug 2024
 - More robust parsing of shm-size containerOptions (#5177) [b56802a3]
 - Fix AWS Cloudwatch access when using custom log group name [30195838]
diff --git a/plugins/nf-amazon/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/nf-amazon/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 1e34af703f..d97464362f 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-amazon/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/nf-amazon/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Plugin-Class: nextflow.cloud.aws.AmazonPlugin
 Plugin-Id: nf-amazon
-Plugin-Version: 2.7.0
+Plugin-Version: 2.8.0
 Plugin-Provider: Seqera Labs
 Plugin-Requires: >=24.04.4