diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 29a55b14c..dd5f83a34 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2025-01-30 zzz
+ * NetDB: Debounce RI publishing at startup
+
+2025-01-29 zzz
+ * NetDB: Reseed update
+
 2025-01-28 zzz
  * NetDB: More RI publishing improvements
 
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index ebb07d7f3..9b24d19fb 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
     /** for example: "beta", "alpha", "rc" */
     public final static String QUALIFIER = "-rc";
-    public final static long BUILD = 7;
+    public final static long BUILD = 8;
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";
     public final static String FULL_VERSION = VERSION + "-" + BUILD + QUALIFIER + EXTRA;