diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index af7b1844f..d264714df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Edit this release and run "make release"
-RELEASE=2.7.0
+RELEASE=2.8.0
 
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b75fab918..f01e84871 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+tron (2.8.0) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * 2.8.0 tagged with 'make release'
+    Commit: Merge pull request #997 from Yelp/u/kkasp/TRON-2237-write-
+    json-state  Write JSON state
+
+ -- Kevin Kaspari <kkasp@yelp.com>  Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:38 -0700
+
 tron (2.7.0) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * 2.7.0 tagged with 'make release'
diff --git a/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.persistable.rst b/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.persistable.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7bb60301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.persistable.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+tron.utils.persistable module
+=============================
+
+.. automodule:: tron.utils.persistable
+   :members:
+   :undoc-members:
+   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.rst b/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.rst
index 74f39e14d..db4016b37 100644
--- a/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.rst
+++ b/docs/source/generated/tron.utils.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Submodules
    tron.utils.crontab
    tron.utils.exitcode
    tron.utils.observer
+   tron.utils.persistable
    tron.utils.proxy
    tron.utils.queue
    tron.utils.scribereader
diff --git a/tron/__init__.py b/tron/__init__.py
index 396f18579..690b92f3b 100644
--- a/tron/__init__.py
+++ b/tron/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # setup phase, the dependencies may not exist on disk yet.
 #
 # Don't bump version manually. See `make release` docs in ./Makefile
-__version__ = "2.7.0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"