diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 4714ca791f..e69bde57cd 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ Entries are sorted chronologically from oldest to youngest within each release,
 releases are sorted from youngest to oldest.
 
 
-version <next>:
+version 0.8_beta2:
 
 - Automatic thread count based on detection number of (available) CPU cores
 - Deprecate libpostproc. If desired, the switch --enable-postproc will
   enable it but it may be removed in a later Libav release.
+- rv34: frame-level multi-threading
+- optimized iMDCT transform on x86 using SSE for for mpegaudiodec
 
 
 version 0.8_beta1:
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 8e0f8bcd44..ce377b1f07 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8_beta1
+0.8_beta2