diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index fb20afa..4270fa8 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.7.3 (to come)
+2.8 (December 2024)
 
 New features:
 
diff --git a/META b/META
index 37528ba..35ce4bb 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name="cpdf"
 description="PDF commmand line tools"
-version="2.7.2"
+version="2.8"
 requires="camlpdf"
 archive(byte)="cpdf.cma"
 archive(native)="cpdf.cmxa"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a88a6f9..c04b99b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ To build
 --------
 
 If downloading from Github, obtain the correct source. This means choosing the
-tag for a particular version, such as "v2.7.2". The head of the master branch
+tag for a particular version, such as "v2.8". The head of the master branch
 is unstable.
 
 1. Type `make` to make the cpdf executable and the library
diff --git a/cpdf.1 b/cpdf.1
index b84a930..303298c 100644
--- a/cpdf.1
+++ b/cpdf.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii cpdf.1
 .\"
-.TH CPDF 1 "OCTOBER 2024" "" ""
+.TH CPDF 1 "DECEMBER 2024" "" ""
 .SH NAME
 cpdf \- PDF command line tools
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/cpdf.opam b/cpdf.opam
index e86c20e..6e2b4e7 100644
--- a/cpdf.opam
+++ b/cpdf.opam
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
 name: "cpdf"
-version: "2.7.2"
+version: "2.8"
 maintainer: "contact@coherentgraphics.co.uk"
 license: "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 build: [[make]]
diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index b9e3fb4..3e14c70 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 let demo = false
 let agpl = true
 let major_version = 2
-let minor_version = 7
-let minor_minor_version = 3
-let version_date = "(devel, 3rd December 2024)"
+let minor_version = 8
+let minor_minor_version = 0
+let version_date = "(10th December 2024)"
 
 open Pdfutil
 open Pdfio
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ let specs =
 and usage_msg =
 "Syntax: cpdf [<operation>] <input files> [-o <output file>]\n\n\
 Copyright Coherent Graphics Ltd.\n\n\
-Version " ^ (if agpl then "AGPLv3-licensed " else "") ^ string_of_int major_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_minor_version ^ " " ^ version_date ^ "\n\n\
+Version " ^ (if agpl then "AGPLv3-licensed " else "") ^ string_of_int major_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_version ^ "." ^ (if minor_minor_version = 0 then "" else string_of_int minor_minor_version) ^ " " ^ version_date ^ "\n\n\
 https://www.coherentpdf.com/\n\n\
 Input names are distinguished by containing a '.' and may be\n\
 followed by a page range specification, for instance \"1,2,3\"\n\
@@ -3704,7 +3704,7 @@ let print_obj json pdf objspec =
 
 let print_version () =
   flprint
-    ("cpdf " ^ (if agpl then "AGPL " else "") ^ "Version " ^ string_of_int major_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_minor_version ^ " " ^ version_date ^ "\n")
+    ("cpdf " ^ (if agpl then "AGPL " else "") ^ "Version " ^ string_of_int major_version ^ "." ^ string_of_int minor_version ^ (if minor_minor_version = 0 then "" else "." ^ string_of_int minor_minor_version) ^ " " ^ version_date ^ "\n")
 
 let replace_obj pdf objspec obj =
   let split_chain str = map (fun x -> "/" ^ x) (tl (String.split_on_char '/' str)) in
diff --git a/cpdfmanual.pdf b/cpdfmanual.pdf
index 02fb266..8f9b79b 100644
Binary files a/cpdfmanual.pdf and b/cpdfmanual.pdf differ
diff --git a/cpdfmanual.tex b/cpdfmanual.tex
index 29b8ee8..344ffe6 100644
--- a/cpdfmanual.tex
+++ b/cpdfmanual.tex
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 %Add copyright for Matterhorn extracts
-%\DocumentMetadata{
-%  lang        = de,
-%  pdfversion  = 2.0,
-%  pdfstandard = ua-2,
-%  pdfstandard = a-4f, %or a-4
-%  testphase   = 
-%   {phase-III,
-%   title,
-%    table,
-%    math,
-%    firstaid}  
-%}
+%\DocumentMetadata{lang=en, pdfversion=2.0, pdfstandard=ua-2, pdfstandard=a-4f, testphase={phase-III, title, table, math, firstaid}}
 \documentclass{book}
 % Edit here to produce cpdfmanual.pdf, cpdflibmanual.pdf, pycpdfmanual.pdf,
 % dotnetcpdflibmanual.pdf, jcpdflibmanual.pdf jscpdflibmanual.pdf etc.
@@ -79,7 +68,7 @@ Command Line Tools}
 \vspace{12mm}
 
 {\Huge User Manual}\\
-Version 2.7.3 (January 2025)
+Version 2.8 (December 2024)
 
 \vspace{25mm}
 
@@ -5986,7 +5975,7 @@ Cpdf can add PDF/UA structure data when drawing on new PDF/UA files. For example
 \section{Remediation of PDF/UA verification errors}
 
 %FIXME Check copyright is added for Matterhorn descriptions
-\noindent\begin{longtable}{lp{5cm}lp{5cm}}
+\noindent\begin{tabular}{lp{5cm}lp{5cm}}
   \textbf{Number} & \textbf{Description} & \textbf{Reference} & \textbf{Remediation}\\
   01-003 & Content marked as Artifact is present inside tagged content. & UA1:7.1-1 & Description\\
   01-004 & Tagged content is present inside content marked as Artifact. & UA1:7.1-1 & d\\
@@ -6075,7 +6064,7 @@ Cpdf can add PDF/UA structure data when drawing on new PDF/UA files. For example
   31-028 & One or more Unicode values specified in the ToUnicode CMap are zero (0). & UA1:7.21.7-2 & d\\
   31-029 & One or more Unicode values specified in the ToUnicode CMap are equal to either U+FEFF or U+FFFE. & UA1:7.21.7-3 & d\\
   31-030 & One or more characters used in text showing operators reference the .notdef glyph. & UA1:7.21.8-1 & d\\
-\end{longtable}
+\end{tabular}