diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 684d1bc..eda909f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Changes in 0.4.8
+================
+
+Changed:
+* Use `emoji` 2.0 API style (#119)
+  * If you installed the `emoji` package and its version is <1.7.0, you will
+    need to `pip install --upgrade emoji`.
+  * A future version of sopel-github will make this optional dependency easier
+    to manage with a setuptools extra.
+
+Fixed:
+* Wrong webhook payload attributes used in push handler (#117)
+
+
 Changes in 0.4.7
 ================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d72403..129de75 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='sopel_modules.github',
-    version='0.4.7',
+    version='0.4.8',
     description='GitHub plugin for Sopel',
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/sopel_modules/github/__init__.py b/sopel_modules/github/__init__.py
index dd5d5ac..314230c 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/github/__init__.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/github/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 __author__ = 'maxpowa'
 __email__ = 'maxpowa@outlook.com'
 __maintainer__ = 'dgw'
-__version__ = '0.4.7'
+__version__ = '0.4.8'
 __repo__ = 'https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel-github'