diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gitlab (12.8.8-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 12.8.8 (Fixes: CVE-2020-9795, CVE-2020-10956,
+    CVE-2020-10955, CVE-2020-10954, CVE-2020-10952)
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0 (no changes needed)
+
+ -- Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:23:51 +0530
+
 gitlab (12.8.6-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   [ Sruthi Chandran ]