diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 360614e..2043c9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## v0.8.8
+
+- Fix potential deadlock when trying to reuse dropped registry keys.
+- Optimize userdata methods call when __index and fields_getters are nil
+
 ## v0.8.7
 
 - Minimum Luau updated to 0.555 (`LUAI_MAXCSTACK` limit increased to 100000)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e86b2be..ebd5fb6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mlua"
-version = "0.8.7" # remember to update html_root_url and mlua_derive
+version = "0.8.8" # remember to update html_root_url and mlua_derive
 authors = ["Aleksandr Orlenko <zxteam@pm.me>", "kyren <catherine@chucklefish.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/khvzak/mlua"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 211da8b..9cdf895 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 [crates.io]: https://crates.io/crates/mlua
 [API Documentation]: https://docs.rs/mlua/badge.svg
 [docs.rs]: https://docs.rs/mlua
-[Coverage Status]: https://codecov.io/gh/khvzak/mlua/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?token=99339FS1CG
+[Coverage Status]: https://codecov.io/gh/khvzak/mlua/branch/v0.8/graph/badge.svg?token=99339FS1CG
 [codecov.io]: https://codecov.io/gh/khvzak/mlua
 [MSRV]: https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-1.56+-brightgreen.svg?&logo=rust
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d766de4..a67b9d1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 //! [`serde::Deserialize`]: https://docs.serde.rs/serde/de/trait.Deserialize.html
 
 // mlua types in rustdoc of other crates get linked to here.
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/mlua/0.8.7")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/mlua/0.8.8")]
 // Deny warnings inside doc tests / examples. When this isn't present, rustdoc doesn't show *any*
 // warnings at all.
 #![doc(test(attr(deny(warnings))))]