diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c36d29a2..a46d3af1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(USE_SPDLOG "Allow using the spdlog logging library" OFF "
 
 set(DROGON_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
 set(DROGON_MINOR_VERSION 9)
-set(DROGON_PATCH_VERSION 7)
+set(DROGON_PATCH_VERSION 8)
 set(DROGON_VERSION
     ${DROGON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${DROGON_MINOR_VERSION}.${DROGON_PATCH_VERSION})
 set(DROGON_VERSION_STRING "${DROGON_VERSION}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 5437b244..443ada20 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,40 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.8] - 2024-10-27
+
+### API changes list
+
+- Add in-place base64 encode and decode.
+
+- Add check the client connection status.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add Hodor whitelists.
+
+- Include exception header for std::exception_ptr.
+
+- Add support for escaped identifiers in Postgresql.
+
+- Remove content-length header from 101 Switching Protocols response.
+
+- Remove websocketResponseTest from windows shared library env.
+
+- Optimize query params and allow for empty values.
+
+- Replace rejection sampling and remove use of rand().
+
+- Add sending customized http requests to drogon_ctl.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix coroutine continuation handle.
+
+- Fix some bugs in plugin PromExporter.
+
+- Fix a bug after removing content-length header in some responses.
+
 ## [1.9.7] - 2024-09-10
 
 ### API changes list
@@ -1725,7 +1759,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [1.0.0-beta1] - 2019-06-11
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/compare/v1.9.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/compare/v1.9.8...HEAD
+
+[1.9.8]: https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/compare/v1.9.7...v1.9.8
 
 [1.9.7]: https://github.com/an-tao/drogon/compare/v1.9.6...v1.9.7
 
diff --git a/trantor b/trantor
index cc9cef28..8bf280ba 160000
--- a/trantor
+++ b/trantor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cc9cef2822247863b10858190365f106662938c2
+Subproject commit 8bf280ba043eb77c3eb02121065e0891a9a4f431