diff --git a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
index d794987..ab0b8eb 100644
--- a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define distro_name  Rocky Linux
 %define distro_code  Green Obsidian
 %define major        8
-%define minor        7
+%define minor        8
 %define rocky_rel    1%{?rllh:.%{rllh}}%{!?rllh:.1}
 %define rpm_license  BSD-3-Clause
 %define dist         .el%{major}
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ install -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE1226} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/
 %{_sysconfdir}/pki/rpm-gpg/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 18 2022 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.8-1.1
+- Bump to 8.8 for lookahead development
+
 * Wed Sep 07 2022 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.7-1.1
 - Branch off and make system-release version use X.Y-A.B
   format in attempt to match upstream.