diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index f8bb7cc6..047cc5ce 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -2,15 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Summary
 
-<!-- Here goes a general summary of what this release is about -->
-
-## Upgrading
-
-<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-<!-- Here upgrade steps for cookiecutter specifically -->
+This is a minor release with some documentation improvements, new GitHub ruleset and a few bug fixes.
 
 ## New Features
 
@@ -24,10 +16,9 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
-<!-- Here goes notable bug fixes that are worth a special mention or explanation -->
-
 ### Cookiecutter template
 
 * Fix typo: `Freqenz` -> `Frequenz`
 * Fix `mkdocs.yml` to avoid specifying `custom_templates` for `mkdocstrings` as it is unused and is checked for existence in newer versions.
 * Fix paths that are not translated properly from the python package name (#198)
+* Fix outdated `frequenz-repo-config` dependency
diff --git a/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.github_repo_name}}/pyproject.toml b/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.github_repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 99f5506a..45ee9319 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.github_repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cookiecutter/{{cookiecutter.github_repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 requires = [
   "setuptools == 68.1.0",
   "setuptools_scm[toml] == 7.1.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.7.0",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dev-mkdocs = [
   "mkdocs-macros-plugin == 1.0.4",
   "mkdocs-material == 9.3.1",
   "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.23.0",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.7.0",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
   "mypy == 1.5.1",
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ dev-mypy = [
 ]
 dev-noxfile = [
   "nox == 2023.4.22",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.7.0",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[{{cookiecutter.type}}] == 0.8.0",
 ]
 dev-pylint = [
   "pylint == 3.0.2",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dev-pylint = [
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 7.4.2",
-  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.7.0",
+  "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.8.0",
 {%- if cookiecutter.type != "api" %}
   "pytest-mock == 3.11.1",
   "pytest-asyncio == 0.21.1",