diff --git a/lib/Lacuna.pm b/lib/Lacuna.pm
index 4beb4ad7..6e3d14a0 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Config::JSON;
 
 useall __PACKAGE__;
 
-our $VERSION = 4.0007;
+our $VERSION = 4.0008;
 
 my $config = Config::JSON->new('/home/lacuna/server/etc/lacuna.conf');
 
diff --git a/public/changes.txt b/public/changes.txt
index fb06ebfa..6d4b5539 100644
--- a/public/changes.txt
+++ b/public/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.0008:
+
+- Mod: Reliability updates to the backend infrastructure
+- Mod: RPC limit is increased once empires have been verified by an admin
+
 4.0007:
 
 - Add: Spawned a few AI empire planets