diff --git a/src/port/win32ver.rc b/src/port/win32ver.rc
index 17bad793037..fc3fdd7f4b8 100644
--- a/src/port/win32ver.rc
+++ b/src/port/win32ver.rc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include "pg_config.h"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION    7,4,999,999
- PRODUCTVERSION 7,4,999,999
+ FILEVERSION    8,0,000,000
+ PRODUCTVERSION 8,0,000,000
  FILEFLAGSMASK  0x17L
  FILEFLAGS      0x0L
  FILEOS         VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
diff --git a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
index b4f9a3b1ae4..af3d66e96c3 100644
--- a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
+++ b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       o src/interfaces/*/Makefile
       o src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc (update for minor release)
       o src/include/pg_config.h.win32 (update for minor release)
+      o port/win32ver.rc
 
 * Release notes
     update doc/src/sgml/release.sgml and generate HISTORY