diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ Infers ``.gz`` and ``.bz2`` compressions from the file name.
 Changelog
 =========
 
-* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.2.6...master>`_
+* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.2.8...master>`_
+* `v0.2.8 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.8>`_ (2015-05-26)
+    * parallelized text file reading (and made it lazy)
+    * parallelized take() and takeSample() that only computes required data partitions
+    * add example: access Human Microbiome Project
 * `v0.2.6 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.6>`_ (2015-05-21)
     * factor out ``fileio.fs`` and ``fileio.codec`` modules
     * merge ``WholeFile`` into ``File``
diff --git a/pysparkling/__init__.py b/pysparkling/__init__.py
index f7febabdd..2bc1191c9 100644
--- a/pysparkling/__init__.py
+++ b/pysparkling/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """pytld module."""
 
-__version__ = '0.2.7'
+__version__ = '0.2.8'
 
 from .exceptions import FileAlreadyExistsException