diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd776530..fdcfb91e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,54 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.30.8 - 2025-09-23
+### Extractors
+#### Additions
+- [chevereto] support `imglike.com` ([#5179](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/5179))
+- [chevereto] add `category` extractor ([#5179](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/5179))
+- [Danbooru] add `random` extractor ([#8270](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8270))
+- [hdoujin] add support ([#6810](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6810))
+- [imgpile] add support ([#5044](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/5044))
+- [mangadex] add `covers` extractor ([#4994](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/4994))
+- [mangataro] add support ([#8237](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8237))
+- [thehentaiworld] add support ([#274](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/274) [#8237](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8237))
+#### Fixes
+- [4archive] fix `TypeError` ([#8217](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8217))
+- [bellazon] fix video attachments ([#8239](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8239))
+- [bunkr] fix `JSONDecodeError` for files with URL slugs containing apostrophes `'` ([#8150](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8150))
+- [instagram] ensure manifest data exists before attempting a DASH download ([#8267](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8267))
+- [schalenetwork] fix extraction ([#6948](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6948) [#7391](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7391) [#7728](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/7728))
+- [twitter] fix quoted Tweets being marked as `deleted` ([#8225](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8225))
+#### Improvements
+- [2ch] update domain to `2ch.su`, support `2ch.life` URLs ([#8216](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8216))
+- [bellazon][simpcity][vipergirls] process threads in descending order ([#8248](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8248))
+- [bellazon] extract `inline` images (##8247)
+- [bellazon] support video embeds ([#8239](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8239))
+- [bellazon] support `#comment-12345` post links ([#8239](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8239))
+- [lensdump] support new direct file URL pattern ([#8251](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8251))
+- [simpcity] extract URLs of `<iframe>` embeds ([#8214](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8214) [#8256](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8256))
+- [simpcity] improve post content extraction ([#8214](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8214))
+#### Metadata
+- [facebook] extract `biography` metadata ([#8233](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8233))
+- [instagram:tagged] provide full `tagged_…` metadata when using `id:…` URLs ([#8263](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8263))
+- [iwara] extract more metadata ([#6582](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6582))
+- [iwara] make `type` available for directories ([#8245](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8245))
+- [reddit] provide `comment` metadata for all media files ([#8228](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8228))
+#### Options
+- [bellazon] add `quoted` option ([#8247](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8247))
+- [bellazon] implement `order-posts` option ([#8248](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8248))
+- [kemono:discord] implement `order-posts` option ([#8241](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8241))
+- [simpcity] implement `order-posts` option ([#8248](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8248))
+- [vipergirls] implement `order-posts` option ([#8248](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8248))
+### Downloaders
+- [ytdl] fix errors caused by deprecated options removal
+### Post Processors
+- [metadata] add `"mode": "print"` ([#2691](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2691))
+- [python] add `"mode": "eval"`
+- close archive database connections ([#8243](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8243))
+### Miscellaneous
+- [util] define `__enter__` & `__exit__` methods for `NullResponse` objects ([#8227](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/8227))
+- [util] extend list of ISO 639 language codes
+
 ## 1.30.7 - 2025-09-14
 ### Extractors
 #### Additions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 71cf809f..554fe518 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Standalone Executable
 Prebuilt executable files with a Python interpreter and
 required Python packages included are available for
 
-- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.7/gallery-dl.exe>`__
+- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.8/gallery-dl.exe>`__
   (Requires `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x86) <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe>`__)
-- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.7/gallery-dl.bin>`__
+- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.30.8/gallery-dl.bin>`__
 
 
 Nightly Builds
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index cee38cee..4861a9d1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.30.8-dev"
+__version__ = "1.30.8"
 __variant__ = None