diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de3e3faa2d059e6fd4a123772e45cc30f970a7ba..894af1654220c0af6201ad9cd835b469da57b898 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 option(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "Enable/Disable output of compile_commands.json" ON)
 
-project(Lbcom VERSION 37.7
+project(Lbcom VERSION 37.8
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v37r8.md b/ReleaseNotes/v37r8.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf3ba537ffcc346bee54df06d950db9a874c935e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v37r8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+2025-07-13 Lbcom v37r8
+===
+
+This version uses
+LHCb [v57r8](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v57r8),
+Detector [v3r3p2](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v3r3p2),
+Gaudi [v39r4](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v39r4) and
+LCG [106c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/106c/) with ROOT 6.32.10.
+
+This version is released on the `2025-patches` branch.
+Built relative to Lbcom [v37r7](/../../tags/v37r7), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+
+### Other