diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dfde10e8..d0552524c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.11.8] - 2024-06-09 01:00:00
+
+### Added
+
+- Updates to `demographics.py` module to accept token for UN World Population Prospects database access or to download data from the [Population-Data](https://github.com/EAPD-DRB/Population-Data) repository.
 
 ## [0.11.7] - 2024-06-07 01:00:00
 
diff --git a/ogcore/__init__.py b/ogcore/__init__.py
index 06baceb87..099a59a07 100644
--- a/ogcore/__init__.py
+++ b/ogcore/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 from ogcore.txfunc import *
 from ogcore.utils import *
 
-__version__ = "0.11.7"
+__version__ = "0.11.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 035159fe2..f9dfabdb6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="ogcore",
-    version="0.11.7",
+    version="0.11.8",
     author="Jason DeBacker and Richard W. Evans",
     license="CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication",
     description="A general equilibribum overlapping generations model for fiscal policy analysis",