diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3296349b..60154274 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.8.4
+----------
+
+- Fix issue where frozen strings assigned in a repeated field would cause encoding runtime errors. (#117)
+
 2.8.3
 ----------
 
diff --git a/lib/protobuf/version.rb b/lib/protobuf/version.rb
index 094ab33c..2133968f 100644
--- a/lib/protobuf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/protobuf/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module Protobuf
-  VERSION = '2.8.3'
+  VERSION = '2.8.4'
   PROTOC_VERSION = '2.5.0'
 end