diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index d133a0b76..a5322b7bf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-09-20
+  Released 2.8.4
+  getFile and File.download is now fully supported
+
+
 2015-09-10
   Released 2.8.3
   Moved Bot._requestURL to its own class (telegram.utils.request)
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index ba9639fd1..5e9ed0e43 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ author = u'Leandro Toledo'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.8.3'
+release = '2.8.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ce850b1b..6ca9f2c1a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read(*paths):
 
 setup(
     name='python-telegram-bot',
-    version='2.8.3',
+    version='2.8.4',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
     author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
     license='LGPLv3',
diff --git a/telegram/__init__.py b/telegram/__init__.py
index 5b0d2e460..956ee2e42 100644
--- a/telegram/__init__.py
+++ b/telegram/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 """A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bot API"""
 
 __author__ = 'leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '2.8.3'
+__version__ = '2.8.4'
 
 from .base import TelegramObject
 from .user import User