diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 7d60a947d8..d36cdc91bd 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-29  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	GDB 6.8 branch created (branch timestamp: 2008-02-26 10:00 UTC)
+	* version.in: Bump version to 6.8.50.20080229-cvs.
+
 2008-02-28  Markus Deuling  <deuling@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* f-typeprint.c (f_print_type): Handle NULL pointer in VARSTRING
diff --git a/gdb/version.in b/gdb/version.in
index 750e7f1aea..247dde8c03 100644
--- a/gdb/version.in
+++ b/gdb/version.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.7.50.20080229-cvs
+6.8.50.20080229-cvs