diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c699e406b..af47b0bd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 ChangeLog :
 ===========
 
+2017/11/03 : 1.8-rc2
+    - BUG/MINOR: send-proxy-v2: fix dest_len in make_tlv call
+    - BUG/MINOR: send-proxy-v2: string size must include ('\0')
+    - MINOR: mux: Only define pipe functions on linux.
+    - MINOR: cache: Remove useless test for nonzero.
+    - MINOR: cache: Don't confuse act_return and act_parse_ret.
+    - BUG/MEDIUM: h2: don't try to parse incomplete H1 responses
+    - BUG/MEDIUM: checks/mux: always enable send-polling after connecting
+    - BUG/MAJOR: fix deadlock on healthchecks.
+    - BUG/MINOR: thread: fix a typo in the debug code
+    - BUILD: shctx: allow to be built without openssl
+    - BUG/MEDIUM: cache: don't try to resolve wrong filters
+    - BUG/MAJOR: buffers: fix get_buffer_nc() for data at end of buffer
+    - BUG/MINOR: freq: fix infinite loop on freq_ctr_period.
+    - BUG/MINOR: stdarg.h inclusion
+    - BUG/MINOR: dns: fix missing lock protection on server.
+    - BUG/MINOR: lua: fix missing lock protection on server.
+    - BUILD: enable USE_THREAD for OpenBSD build.
+    - BUG/MAJOR: mux_pt: don't dereference a connstream after ->wake()
+    - MINOR: thread: report multi-thread support in haproxy -vv
+
 2017/10/31 : 1.8-rc1
     - BUG/MEDIUM: server: Allocate tmptrash before using it.
     - CONTRIB: trace: add the possibility to place trace calls in the code
diff --git a/README b/README
index 342748b67..ae020c7e7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
                          ----------------------
                               version 1.8
                              willy tarreau
-                               2017/10/31
+                               2017/11/03
 
 
 1) How to build it
diff --git a/VERDATE b/VERDATE
index 65673a649..0a1dae2da 100644
--- a/VERDATE
+++ b/VERDATE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 $Format:%ci$
-2017/10/31
+2017/11/03
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3f2a852fa..8e63abc56 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8-rc1
+1.8-rc2
diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index e68eefb88..5477766af 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
                          ----------------------
                               version 1.8
                              willy tarreau
-                              2017/10/31
+                              2017/11/03
 
 
 This document covers the configuration language as implemented in the version
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.spec b/examples/haproxy.spec
index fd9197046..35923fb70 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.8-rc1
+Version: 1.8-rc2
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov  3 2017 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.8-rc2
+
 * Tue Oct 31 2017 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.8-rc1