diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index caea7f67..5571c852 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ produce the Windows executables and installer.
 
 ---
 
+Pre-Release 5.3.0-beta8
+===
+
+This release is simply to check we've correctly updated the windows-build
+configuration to pull in `FDevIDs` when the build is performed on GitHub.
+
+---
+
 Pre-Release 5.3.0-beta7
 ===
 
diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index fa8f1776..5221aa61 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ appcmdname = 'EDMC'
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = '5.3.0-beta7'
+_static_appversion = '5.3.0-beta8'
 _cached_version: Optional[semantic_version.Version] = None
 copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2022 EDCD'