diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e204f07b370..8a003a78c45 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,66 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.11.8 (2024-11-27)
+===================
+
+Miscellaneous internal changes
+------------------------------
+
+- Improved performance of creating :class:`aiohttp.ClientResponse` objects when there are no cookies -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10029`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performance of creating :class:`aiohttp.ClientResponse` objects -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10030`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performances of creating objects during the HTTP request lifecycle -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10037`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performance of constructing :class:`aiohttp.web.Response` with headers -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10043`.
+
+
+
+- Improved performance of making requests when there are no auto headers to skip -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10049`.
+
+
+
+- Downgraded logging of invalid HTTP method exceptions on the first request to debug level -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+  HTTP requests starting with an invalid method are relatively common, especially when connected to the public internet, because browsers or other clients may try to speak SSL to a plain-text server or vice-versa. These exceptions can quickly fill the log with noise when nothing is wrong.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`10055`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.11.7 (2024-11-21)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/10029.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10029.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d98729ecac8..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10029.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of creating :class:`aiohttp.ClientResponse` objects when there are no cookies -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10030.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10030.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ed7d058d6..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10030.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of creating :class:`aiohttp.ClientResponse` objects -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10037.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10037.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 655c804c995..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10037.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performances of creating objects during the HTTP request lifecycle -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10043.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10043.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index cfd4e88ee24..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10043.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of constructing :class:`aiohttp.web.Response` with headers -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10049.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10049.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 58f61d48420..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10049.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improved performance of making requests when there are no auto headers to skip -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/CHANGES/10055.misc.rst b/CHANGES/10055.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a5fa074f77..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/10055.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Downgraded logging of invalid HTTP method exceptions on the first request to debug level -- by :user:`bdraco`.
-
-HTTP requests starting with an invalid method are relatively common, especially when connected to the public internet, because browsers or other clients may try to speak SSL to a plain-text server or vice-versa. These exceptions can quickly fill the log with noise when nothing is wrong.
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 838c31a5fcd..32273ac23b0 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.11.8.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.11.8"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple