diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 51a7d622..3d4b905a 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 /**
 @page changes Changes
 
+## 0.8.8 November 17 2019
+
+- Added option to allow a user defined, or overridden, image description used
+  with `worksheet_insert_image()`. By default it uses the filename as the
+  description.
+  Issue [#238][gh_238].
+
+  [gh_238]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/238
+
+- Added Windows portable version of `fopen` to handle utf8 filenames when
+  working with images.
+  Issue [#238][gh_238].
+
+  [gh_238]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/238
+
+- Added an option to allow chart fonts to be rotation to 270 deg to give a
+  stacked orientation. Also added support for East Asian vertical chart fonts.
+
+- Refactored struct types used in pubic APIs to remove or document hidden
+  fields. @b Note: This change introduces backward incompatible API
+  changes. However, it should minimize any future changes of this nature.
+  See issue [#252][gh_252].
+
+  [gh_252]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/252
+
+
+
 ## 0.8.7 June 20 2019
 
 - Added support for adding VBA macros to workbooks. These macros can be
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter.h b/include/xlsxwriter.h
index 60728960..1467836f 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter.h
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 #include "xlsxwriter/format.h"
 #include "xlsxwriter/utility.h"
 
-#define LXW_VERSION "0.8.7"
+#define LXW_VERSION "0.8.8"
 
 #endif /* __LXW_XLSXWRITER_H__ */
diff --git a/libxlsxwriter.podspec b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
index e522f80e..9fad5b94 100644
--- a/libxlsxwriter.podspec
+++ b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                  = "libxlsxwriter"
-  s.version               = "0.8.7"
+  s.version               = "0.8.8"
   s.summary               = "Libxlsxwriter: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
   s.ios.deployment_target = "8.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.8"