diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a26fdc96..b8c72664 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-### Unreleased
+### KiteControllers v0.2.8 - 2024-07-28
 - bump KiteUtils to 0.7.2
 - bump WinchModels to 0.3.2
 - bump KiteViewers to 0.4.16
+- adapt WinchController to new WinchModel interface
+- fix tests
 
 ### KiteControllers v0.2.7 - 2024-07-12
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index acbddec6..bd1e2f81 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "KiteControllers"
 uuid = "b19fd437-5b3a-4cca-b199-c3ded0f20ded"
 authors = ["Uwe Fechner <fechner@aenarete.eu> and contributors"]
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 
 [deps]
 JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"