diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0733d8..ff887f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2024-11-05 Lauren Coombe <lcoombe@bcgsc.ca>
+
+  * Release version 1.2.8
+  * Add optional parameter 'prefix' to `arcs-make` - if specified, soft-links the final scaffolds fasta file to a file with this prefix 
+  * Update documentation
+
 2024-03-25 Lauren Coombe <lcoombe@bcgsc.ca>
 
   * Release version 1.2.7
diff --git a/bin/arcs-make b/bin/arcs-make
index 71a3637..1dd3b48 100755
--- a/bin/arcs-make
+++ b/bin/arcs-make
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ clean:
 	@echo "Clean Done"
 
 version:
-	@echo "arcs-make v1.2.7"
+	@echo "arcs-make v1.2.8"
 
 #Preprocessing
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 19a24a9..510b149 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(arcs, 1.2.7, lcoombe@bcgsc.ca)
+AC_INIT(arcs, 1.2.8, lcoombe@bcgsc.ca)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Arcs/Arcs.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b094322..a2d8785 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="arcs",
-    version="1.2.7",
+    version="1.2.8",
     description="Scaffolding genome sequence assemblies using linked or long read sequencing data",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",