diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b24c33..697a37a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # OKTA JWT Verifier Changelog
 
+## v0.2.8
+- Updated version of setuptools to 70.0.0
+
 ## v0.2.3
 - Verify claims before signature, issue #34
 
diff --git a/okta_jwt_verifier/__init__.py b/okta_jwt_verifier/__init__.py
index 27b1efc..cfa5a25 100644
--- a/okta_jwt_verifier/__init__.py
+++ b/okta_jwt_verifier/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Allow to verify JWT locally
 """
-__version__ = '0.2.6'
+__version__ = '0.2.8'
 
 from .jwt_verifier import BaseJWTVerifier, JWTVerifier, AccessTokenVerifier, IDTokenVerifier # noqa
 from .jwt_utils import JWTUtils # noqa