diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 66470541..63bf11bb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+======================
+ What's new in 2.2.8
+======================
+
+Release: 2026-02-10
+
+* Add ``local_infile_dir`` option to restrict LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE file path. (#755)
+* windows wheel: Update mariadb-connector to 3.4.8 (#773)
+* Add Python 3.14 and drop Python 3.8, 3.9 support. (#774)
+* Experimental support for free threaded Python. Importing ``MySQLdb`` doesn't
+  enable the GIL anymore. This doesn't mean mysqlclient is thread safe.
+  You must not use same connection object from multiple threads concurrently. (#775)
+
+
 ======================
  What's new in 2.2.7
 ======================
diff --git a/src/MySQLdb/release.py b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
index 234d9958..88ddab2c 100644
--- a/src/MySQLdb/release.py
+++ b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 __author__ = "Inada Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com>"
-__version__ = "2.2.7"
-version_info = (2, 2, 7, "final", 0)
+__version__ = "2.2.8"
+version_info = (2, 2, 8, "final", 0)
diff --git a/tests/travis.cnf b/tests/travis.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd6f847..00000000
--- a/tests/travis.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# To create your own custom version of this file, read
-# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/option-files.html
-# and set TESTDB in your environment to the name of the file
-
-[MySQLdb-tests]
-host = 127.0.0.1
-port = 3306
-user = root
-database = mysqldb_test
-default-character-set = utf8mb4