diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 86e5e8a46..b984e68cc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [1.0.8] - 2019-09-xx
+## [1.0.8] - 2019-09-25
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a01c4422..35ca28b2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ actix-server = "0.6.1"
 actix-server-config = "0.1.2"
 actix-testing = "0.1.0"
 actix-threadpool = "0.1.1"
-awc = { version = "0.2.4", optional = true }
+awc = { version = "0.2.7", optional = true }
 
 bytes = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.15.0"