diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 28bfb2bb0e..5160cf050e 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,30 @@
 # - title by author
 # }}}
 
+{{{ 8.10.0 2025-09-05
+
+:: new features
+
+- Book list: Allow controlling the tooltips displayed for every column using a template. Right click the column header and choose "Define tooltip template" to set the tooltip for that column
+
+- [2121304] MTP driver: Allow creating format specific destinations for audiobook files
+
+- Preferences->Keyboard: Allow searching by shortcut as well as by name
+
+:: bug fixes
+
+- [2121737] Kindle MTP driver: Fix APNX files being placed in incorrect location when books are sent to subfolders inside the root folder
+
+- [2121897] E-book viewer: Read Aloud: Fix regression in previous release that broke changing voices when engine is set to 'Automatically select'
+
+- [2121701] Fix a regression in the previous release that broke markdown output
+
+:: improved recipes
+- Harvard Business Review
+- Outlook Magazine
+
+}}}
+
 {{{ 8.9.0 2025-08-22
 
 :: new features
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index d5ba15b2fa..b919a44870 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from polyglot.builtins import environ_item, hasenv
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (8, 9, 0)
+numeric_version = (8, 10, 0)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = 'Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'