diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 5c0d23498..17b85c766 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This file only reflects the changes that are made in this image. Please refer to the upstream GitLab [CHANGELOG](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for the list of changes in GitLab.
 
+**17.2.8**
+
+- gitlab: upgrade CE to v17.2.8
+- gitaly: upgrade to v17.2.8
+- gitlab-pages: upgrade to v17.2.8
+
 **17.2.7**
 
 - gitlab: upgrade CE to v17.2.7
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f131fe70..ae011f34b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM ubuntu:focal-20240530
 
-ARG VERSION=17.2.7
+ARG VERSION=17.2.8
 
 ENV GITLAB_VERSION=${VERSION} \
     RUBY_VERSION=3.2.5 \
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ ENV GITLAB_VERSION=${VERSION} \
     RUBYGEMS_VERSION=3.5.14 \
     GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.1 \
     GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION=14.37.0 \
-    GITLAB_PAGES_VERSION=17.2.7 \
-    GITALY_SERVER_VERSION=17.2.7 \
+    GITLAB_PAGES_VERSION=17.2.8 \
+    GITALY_SERVER_VERSION=17.2.8 \
     GITLAB_USER="git" \
     GITLAB_HOME="/home/git" \
     GITLAB_LOG_DIR="/var/log/gitlab" \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23f2c1853..3bf6aea9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+# sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/tree/master)
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Your docker host needs to have 1GB or more of available RAM to run GitLab. Pleas
 Automated builds of the image are available on [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/r/sameersbn/gitlab) and is the recommended method of installation.
 
 ```bash
-docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 You can also pull the `latest` tag which is built from the repository *HEAD*
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'GITLAB_SECRETS_OTP_KEY_BASE=long-and-random-alpha-numeric-string' \
     --env 'GITLAB_SECRETS_ENCRYPTED_SETTINGS_KEY_BASE=long-and-random-alpha-numeric-string' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 *Please refer to [Available Configuration Parameters](#available-configuration-parameters) to understand `GITLAB_PORT` and other configuration options*
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Volumes can be mounted in docker by specifying the `-v` option in the docker run
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 ### Database
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'DB_NAME=gitlabhq_production' \
     --env 'DB_USER=gitlab' --env 'DB_PASS=password' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 ##### Linking to PostgreSQL Container
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ We are now ready to start the GitLab application.
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -d --link gitlab-postgresql:postgresql \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 Here the image will also automatically fetch the `DB_NAME`, `DB_USER` and `DB_PASS` variables from the postgresql container as they are specified in the `docker run` command for the postgresql container. This is made possible using the magic of docker links and works with the following images:
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ The image can be configured to use an external redis server. The configuration s
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm \
     --env 'REDIS_HOST=192.168.1.100' --env 'REDIS_PORT=6379' \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 #### Linking to Redis Container
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ We are now ready to start the GitLab application.
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -d --link gitlab-redis:redisio \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 #### Mail
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ If you are using Gmail then all you need to do is:
 docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'SMTP_USER=USER@gmail.com' --env 'SMTP_PASS=PASSWORD' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 Please refer the [Available Configuration Parameters](#available-configuration-parameters) section for the list of SMTP parameters that can be specified.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'IMAP_USER=USER@gmail.com' --env 'IMAP_PASS=PASSWORD' \
     --env 'GITLAB_INCOMING_EMAIL_ADDRESS=USER+%{key}@gmail.com' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 Please refer the [Available Configuration Parameters](#available-configuration-parameters) section for the list of IMAP parameters that can be specified.
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'GITLAB_SSH_PORT=10022' --env 'GITLAB_PORT=10443' \
     --env 'GITLAB_HTTPS=true' --env 'SSL_SELF_SIGNED=true' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 In this configuration, any requests made over the plain http protocol will automatically be redirected to use the https protocol. However, this is not optimal when using a load balancer.
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
  --env 'GITLAB_HTTPS=true' --env 'SSL_SELF_SIGNED=true' \
  --env 'NGINX_HSTS_MAXAGE=2592000' \
  --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
- sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+ sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 If you want to completely disable HSTS set `NGINX_HSTS_ENABLED` to `false`.
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d \
     --env 'GITLAB_SSH_PORT=10022' --env 'GITLAB_PORT=443' \
     --env 'GITLAB_HTTPS=true' --env 'SSL_SELF_SIGNED=true' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 Again, drop the `--env 'SSL_SELF_SIGNED=true'` option if you are using CA certified SSL certificates.
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ Let's assume we want to deploy our application to '/git'. GitLab needs to know t
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm \
     --env 'GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT=/git' \
     --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 GitLab will now be accessible at the `/git` path, e.g. `http://www.example.com/git`.
@@ -811,14 +811,14 @@ Also the container processes seem to be executed as the host's user/group `1000`
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [options] \
     --env "USERMAP_UID=$(id -u git)" --env "USERMAP_GID=$(id -g git)" \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 When changing this mapping, all files and directories in the mounted data volume `/home/git/data` have to be re-owned by the new ids. This can be achieved automatically using the following command:
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -d [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:sanitize
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:sanitize
 ```
 
 #### Piwik
@@ -2561,7 +2561,7 @@ Execute the rake task to create a backup.
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:create
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:create
 ```
 
 A backup will be created in the backups folder of the [Data Store](#data-store). You can change the location of the backups using the `GITLAB_BACKUP_DIR` configuration parameter.
@@ -2596,14 +2596,14 @@ you need to prepare the database:
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake db:setup
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake db:setup
 ```
 
 Execute the rake task to restore a backup. Make sure you run the container in interactive mode `-it`.
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore
 ```
 
 The list of all available backups will be displayed in reverse chronological order. Select the backup you want to restore and continue.
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ To avoid user interaction in the restore operation, specify the timestamp, date
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1515629493_2020_12_06_13.0.6
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1515629493_2020_12_06_13.0.6
 ```
 
 When using `docker-compose` you may use the following command to execute the restore.
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ The `app:rake` command allows you to run gitlab rake tasks. To run a rake task s
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:env:info
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:env:info
 ```
 
 You can also use `docker exec` to run raketasks on running gitlab instance. For example,
@@ -2674,7 +2674,7 @@ Similarly, to import bare repositories into GitLab project instance
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:import:repos
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:import:repos
 ```
 
 Or
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ Copy all the **bare** git repositories to the `repositories/` directory of the [
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:import:repos
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:import:repos
 ```
 
 Watch the logs and your repositories should be available into your new gitlab container.
@@ -2729,12 +2729,12 @@ To upgrade to newer gitlab releases, simply follow this 4 step upgrade procedure
 
 > **Note**
 >
-> Upgrading to `sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7` from `sameersbn/gitlab:7.x.x` can cause issues. It is therefore required that you first upgrade to `sameersbn/gitlab:8.0.5-1` before upgrading to `sameersbn/gitlab:8.1.0` or higher.
+> Upgrading to `sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8` from `sameersbn/gitlab:7.x.x` can cause issues. It is therefore required that you first upgrade to `sameersbn/gitlab:8.0.5-1` before upgrading to `sameersbn/gitlab:8.1.0` or higher.
 
 - **Step 1**: Update the docker image.
 
 ```bash
-docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 - **Step 2**: Stop and remove the currently running image
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ Replace `x.x.x` with the version you are upgrading from. For example, if you are
 > **Note**: Since Gitlab 13.7 you need to provide the `GITLAB_SECRETS_ENCRYPTED_SETTINGS_KEY_BASE` parameter while starting the image.  If not provided, the key will be generated by gitlab. So you can start the image without setting this parameter. But you will lose the key when you shutting down the container without taking a backup of `secrets.yml`.
 
 ```bash
-docker run --name gitlab -d [OPTIONS] sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+docker run --name gitlab -d [OPTIONS] sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 ### Shell Access
@@ -2798,7 +2798,7 @@ version: '2.3'
 
 services:
   gitlab:
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "/usr/local/sbin/healthcheck"]
       interval: 1m
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 34efe787f..e048c65cf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17.2.7
+17.2.8
diff --git a/contrib/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yml
index cae24d322..64b62f55b 100644
--- a/contrib/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
 
   gitlab:
     restart: always
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     depends_on:
     - redis
     - postgresql
diff --git a/docker-compose.swarm.yml b/docker-compose.swarm.yml
index bb891a0e9..d61019991 100644
--- a/docker-compose.swarm.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.swarm.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ services:
       - traefik-public
 
   gitlab:
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     depends_on:
     - redis
     - postgresql
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5666f024c..aefbc5a62 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
 
   gitlab:
     restart: always
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     depends_on:
     - redis
     - postgresql
diff --git a/docs/container_registry.md b/docs/container_registry.md
index 6913eb2d0..b131f9375 100644
--- a/docs/container_registry.md
+++ b/docs/container_registry.md
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ docker stop registry gitlab && docker rm registry gitlab
 Execute the rake task with a removeable container.
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:create
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:create
 ```
 ## Restoring Backups
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Execute the rake task to restore a backup. Make sure you run the container in in
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore
 ```
 
 The list of all available backups will be displayed in reverse chronological order. Select the backup you want to restore and continue.
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ To avoid user interaction in the restore operation, specify the timestamp of the
 
 ```bash
 docker run --name gitlab -it --rm [OPTIONS] \
-    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1417624827
+    sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8 app:rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1417624827
 ```
 
 # Upgrading from an existing GitLab installation
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ If you want enable this feature for an existing instance of GitLab you need to d
 - **Step 1**: Update the docker image.
 
 ```bash
-docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 - **Step 2**: Stop and remove the currently running image
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ docker run --name gitlab -d [PREVIOUS_OPTIONS] \
 --env 'GITLAB_REGISTRY_CERT_PATH=/certs/registry-auth.crt' \
 --env 'GITLAB_REGISTRY_KEY_PATH=/certs/registry-auth.key' \
 --link registry:registry
-sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docs/docker-compose-keycloak.yml b/docs/docker-compose-keycloak.yml
index f6691bb34..fb8d9f9f6 100644
--- a/docs/docker-compose-keycloak.yml
+++ b/docs/docker-compose-keycloak.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
 
   gitlab:
     restart: always
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     depends_on:
     - redis
     - postgresql
diff --git a/docs/docker-compose-registry.yml b/docs/docker-compose-registry.yml
index 24a80fdee..04673736f 100644
--- a/docs/docker-compose-registry.yml
+++ b/docs/docker-compose-registry.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
 
   gitlab:
     restart: always
-    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+    image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
     volumes:
     - gitlab-data:/home/git/data:Z
     - gitlab-logs:/var/log/gitlab
diff --git a/kubernetes/gitlab-rc.yml b/kubernetes/gitlab-rc.yml
index 3c94b4f11..b4628cf7a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/gitlab-rc.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/gitlab-rc.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: gitlab
-        image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.7
+        image: sameersbn/gitlab:17.2.8
         env:
         - name: TZ
           value: Asia/Kolkata