diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ddfeaf111..102fa4701 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.107.4"
+  ".": "1.108.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbb004207..cc12646af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.108.0](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/compare/v1.107.4...v1.108.0) (2026-09-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* make separate access log opt-in via ACCESS_LOG_FILE_PATH ([#2205](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/issues/2205)) ([bfe10ef](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/commit/bfe10efdbb562b491c438e5d639f4c25db903070))
+* route HTTP access logs to a separate file ([#2199](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/issues/2199)) ([34d1758](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/commit/34d1758ab729334e7743877cbeffb35d9346b855))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid length/1 on a lazy Stream in exec_all_mem_mutations ([#2203](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/issues/2203)) ([4c38200](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/commit/4c38200469344440a1ebc3278424fa018df4f5b4))
+
 ## [1.107.4](https://github.com/aeternity/ae_mdw/compare/v1.107.3...v1.107.4) (2026-09-07)
 
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index ef13eefd2..f54d1b86a 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ defmodule AeMdw.MixProject do
   def project() do
     [
       app: :ae_mdw,
-      version: "1.107.4",
+      version: "1.108.0",
       elixir: "~> 1.10",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       elixirc_options: [