diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 861ce24..8a757b9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Changes in version 0.8.8 (not released yet)
+Changes in version 0.8.8 (beta release)
 -------------------------------------------
 
 * Fix deprecation warning from django-polymorphic_.
+* Fix Django 1.3 support by 0.8.7 (will only bump app requirements on major releases, e.g. 0.9).
 
 
 Changes in version 0.8.7 (beta release)
diff --git a/polymorphic_tree/__init__.py b/polymorphic_tree/__init__.py
index bb47516..dd1dec8 100644
--- a/polymorphic_tree/__init__.py
+++ b/polymorphic_tree/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # following PEP 386
-__version__ = "0.8.7"
+__version__ = "0.8.8"
 
 # Do some sane version checking
 import django