diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-# Master (will become release 2.8)
+# Master (will become release 2.9)
 
-- The method `addToDiagonal` can now also be called if the matrix is a scalar number type.
-  This is needed since nowadays scalar entries can end the nesting recursion of dune-istl
-  matrices.
+- ...
 
 ## Deprecations and removals
 
 - ...
+
+# 2.8 Release
+
+- The method `addToDiagonal` can now also be called if the matrix is a scalar number type.
+  This is needed since nowadays scalar entries can end the nesting recursion of dune-istl
+  matrices.
diff --git a/dune.module b/dune.module
index 1e8f1e8238aa76b65b35f2433020dbb847dc31fc..9c0479c4d7ebf31ad7a75e5148eb753f0429a049 100644
--- a/dune.module
+++ b/dune.module
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #Name of the module
 Module: dune-matrix-vector
-Version: 2.8-git
+Version: 2.9-git
 Maintainer: graeser@mi.fu-berlin.de
 #depending on
 Depends: dune-common dune-geometry dune-localfunctions dune-grid dune-istl