diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bfc2fbd..0aca3b96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ For reference, the possible headings are:
 * **Known Issues**
 * **Notes**
 
+## [2.0 Beta 8] - 2018-11-03
+
+### Changed
+
+* Revised the [Simple Deployment Template](http://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/latest/simple-deployment-template/index.html) in the docs. Added NGINX to the mix. Pull Requests [#2578](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/pull/2578) and [#2579](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/pull/2579)
+* Revised `nginx/nginx.conf` to enable CORS. [Pull Request #2580](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/pull/2580)
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed a typo in the Kubernetes ConfigMap template. [Pull Request #2583](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/pull/2583)
+
+### External Contributors
+
+[@gamjapark](https://github.com/gamjapark) translated the main `README.md` file into Korean. [Pull Request #2592](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/pull/2592)
+
 ## [2.0 Beta 7] - 2018-09-28
 
 Tag name: v2.0.0b7
diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index f7d03f69..8832d4ac 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
 # Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
 
-__version__ = '2.0.0b7'
-__short_version__ = '2.0b7'
-# supported Tendermint version
+__version__ = '2.0.0b8'
+__short_version__ = '2.0b8'
+
+# Supported Tendermint versions
 __tm_supported_versions__ = ["0.22.8"]
diff --git a/docs/server/source/simple-deployment-template/set-up-node-software.md b/docs/server/source/simple-deployment-template/set-up-node-software.md
index 1ddf12cd..cbf20ad6 100644
--- a/docs/server/source/simple-deployment-template/set-up-node-software.md
+++ b/docs/server/source/simple-deployment-template/set-up-node-software.md
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ sudo apt install -y python3-pip libssl-dev
 Now install the latest version of BigchainDB Server.
 You can find the latest version by going
 to the [BigchainDB project release history page on PyPI][bdb:pypi].
-For example, to install version 2.0.0b7, you would do:
+For example, to install version 2.0.0b8, you would do:
 
 ```
 # Change 2.0.0b7 to the latest version as explained above:
-sudo pip3 install bigchaindb==2.0.0b7
+sudo pip3 install bigchaindb==2.0.0b8
 ```
 
 Check that you installed the correct version of BigchainDB Server using `bigchaindb --version`.
diff --git a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
index 9821b258..d7787d88 100644
--- a/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
+++ b/k8s/bigchaindb/bigchaindb-ss.yaml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ spec:
           timeoutSeconds: 15
       # BigchainDB container
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta7
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta8
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start
diff --git a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
index 7ad0a1ff..4d181ea4 100644
--- a/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
+++ b/k8s/dev-setup/bigchaindb.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       containers:
       - name: bigchaindb
-        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta7
+        image: bigchaindb/bigchaindb:2.0.0-beta8
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         args:
         - start