diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdfa66c4..15e2fa9f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+erofs-utils 1.8.4
+
+ * Another maintenance release includes the following fixes:
+   - (mkfs.erofs) Fix unusual PAX header handling for tarerofs;
+   - (mkfs.erofs) Fix LIBARCHIVE.xattr decoding;
+   - (mkfs.erofs) Speed up handling of incompressible data;
+   - (mkfs.erofs) Add a `-E^fragdedupe` option to explicitly disable
+                  fragment deduplication;
+   - (mkfs.erofs) Fixes around `-Eall-fragments` and `-Ededupe`;
+   - Use external xxhash library if possible.
+
+ -- Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>  Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0800
+
 erofs-utils 1.8.3
 
  * Another maintenance release includes the following fixes:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 205d56c8..f08253d3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-1.8.3
-2024-12-14
+1.8.4
+2025-01-03