diff --git a/bng2/CHANGES.txt b/bng2/CHANGES.txt
index 12b2eadb..7b8fd62a 100644
--- a/bng2/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/bng2/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ CHANGES to BioNetGen
 updated 28 September 2021
 https://github.com/RuleWorld/bionetgen/
 
+== BioNetGen-2.8.0==
+'''''2022 February 22'''''
+
+=== New Features ===
+* BNG-XML now exports the entire BNGL model and not just NFsim related features. 
+This is to allow other software to be able to read the XML instead of the BNGL
+model text. 
+
 == BioNetGen-2.7.2==
 '''''2022 February 17'''''
 
diff --git a/bng2/VERSION b/bng2/VERSION
index 37c2961c..834f2629 100644
--- a/bng2/VERSION
+++ b/bng2/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.2
+2.8.0