diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6d96a8..f434018 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.8] - 2023-10-31
+
+### Changed
+- Logging during mod gathering
+
+### Fixed
+- Optimized mod gathering
+- Fixed delegated transformers not being rebuild before late mixins are loaded. Resulting in transformers that are registered later not properly running
+
 ## [8.7] - 2023-10-30
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4681b12..c180022 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ dependencies {
     annotationProcessor 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9'
 
     // ForgeGradle:
-    implementation ('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.7') {
+    implementation ('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.8') {
         transitive = false
     }
-    annotationProcessor ('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.7') {
+    annotationProcessor ('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.8') {
         transitive = false
     }
     
     // RetroFuturaGradle:
-    String mixinBooter = modUtils.enableMixins('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.7')
-    // modUtils.enableMixins('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.7', 'mod_id.mixins.refmap.json') << add refmap name as 2nd arg (optional)
+    String mixinBooter = modUtils.enableMixins('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.8')
+    // modUtils.enableMixins('zone.rong:mixinbooter:8.8', 'mod_id.mixins.refmap.json') << add refmap name as 2nd arg (optional)
     api (mixinBooter) {
         transitive = false
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c135510..5201c70 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3G
-mod_version=8.7
+mod_version=8.8
 mod_name=MixinBooter
 version_type=release
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