diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 0523baf3c2..30e108441b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Contributors
 - Neil Girdhar <mistersheik@gmail.com>
 - Michał Masłowski <m.maslowski@clearcode.cc>
 - Mateusz Bysiek <mb@mbdev.pl>
+- Marcelo Trylesinski <marcelotryle@gmail.com>
 - Leandro T. C. Melo <ltcmelo@gmail.com>
 - Konrad Weihmann <kweihmann@outlook.com>
 - Kian Meng, Ang <kianmeng.ang@gmail.com>
diff --git a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
index 6c2ee1a1f7..433b4ec56f 100644
--- a/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/astroid/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/pylint-dev/astroid/blob/main/LICENSE
 # Copyright (c) https://github.com/pylint-dev/astroid/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0a8-dev0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0a8"
 version = __version__
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index e18d8bf99c..207b23e72f 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/pylint-dev/astroid"
 
 [version]
-current = "3.0.0a8-dev0"
+current = "3.0.0a8"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.