diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2da13eb..b2c12d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12"]
         toxenv:
           [
             django42-drflatest,quality
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6e9224d..97b89f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Change Log
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+2.0.0 --- 2024-09-09
+--------------------
+* Drop support for Python 3.8
+* Add setuptools as a direct dependency
+
 1.8.0 --- 2024-02-29
 --------------------
 * Add support for python 3.11 and 3.12 support.
diff --git a/edx_api_doc_tools/__init__.py b/edx_api_doc_tools/__init__.py
index d4926a4..7af30d8 100644
--- a/edx_api_doc_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_api_doc_tools/__init__.py
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@
 )
 
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0'
+__version__ = '2.0.0'