diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 36f865f84..000000000
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Release type: minor
-
-* Use JSON values for extra settings in Invoke tasks template (#2994)
-* Add content tag for links, which can help with things like Twitter social cards (#3001)
-* Improve word count behavior when generating summary (#3002)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 576e3d0c2..5ac34fd32 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Release history
 ###############
 
+4.8.0 - 2022-07-11
+==================
+
+* Use JSON values for extra settings in Invoke tasks template (#2994)
+* Add content tag for links, which can help with things like Twitter social cards (#3001)
+* Improve word count behavior when generating summary (#3002)
+
 4.7.2 - 2022-02-09
 ==================
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d226c5c7..afcae0fb6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pelican"
-version = "4.7.2"
+version = "4.8.0"
 description = "Static site generator supporting Markdown and reStructuredText"
 authors = ["Justin Mayer <entrop@gmail.com>"]
 license = "AGPLv3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b536e526..ccaa44abe 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 
-version = "4.7.2"
+version = "4.8.0"
 
 requires = ['feedgenerator >= 1.9', 'jinja2 >= 2.7', 'pygments',
             'docutils>=0.15', 'pytz >= 0a', 'blinker', 'unidecode',