diff --git a/actix-web-actors/CHANGES.md b/actix-web-actors/CHANGES.md
index 898098ed8..d3078499c 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web-actors/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+
+
+## 4.0.0-beta.8 - 2021-12-11
 * Add `ws:WsResponseBuilder` for building WebSocket session response. [#1920]
 * Deprecate `ws::{start_with_addr, start_with_protocols}`. [#1920]
 * Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.52.
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
index 26388fcc3..128d68c15 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web-actors"
-version = "4.0.0-beta.7"
+version = "4.0.0-beta.8"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix actors support for Actix Web"
 keywords = ["actix", "http", "web", "framework", "async"]
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/README.md b/actix-web-actors/README.md
index 2c29dedf2..954f8273b 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/README.md
+++ b/actix-web-actors/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 > Actix actors support for Actix Web.
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web-actors?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web-actors)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web-actors/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-beta.7)](https://docs.rs/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.7)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web-actors/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-beta.8)](https://docs.rs/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.8)
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.52+-ab6000.svg)](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/05/06/Rust-1.52.0.html)
 ![License](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web-actors.svg)
 <br />
-[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.7/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.7)
+[![dependency status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.8/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-actors/4.0.0-beta.8)
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