diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d6c1a71b65..0a0e312c9e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ LABEL maintainer="Carsten Hollmann <c.hollmann@52north.org>" \
       org.label-schema.url="https://52north.org/software/software-projects/sos/" \
       org.label-schema.vendor="52°North GmbH" \
       org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/52north/SOS.git" \
-      org.label-schema.version="4.4.7"
+      org.label-schema.version="4.4.8"
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index b25be4daeb..5998e48928 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
  SensorML instance document), and information about the sensor mounting platform 
  (SensorML as well).
  
+## Release 52n-sensorweb-sos-4.4.8
+ 
+### New features
+
+  - Add feature to not abort the insertion of observations via InsertResult whether some observations already exist in the database.
+  
+### Changes
+  
+  - 
+  
+### Fixed issues
+
+  - Issue #653: Capabilities SettingsBETA
+  - Issue #655: Request GetFeatureOfInterest is not validated with streaming options
+  - Encoding of INSPIRE download service eextension
+  
+  
 ## Release 52n-sensorweb-sos-4.4.7
  
 ### New features
@@ -18,7 +35,7 @@
   
 ### Fixed issues
 
-  - Cache update of result templates with dynamic feattureOfInterest definition
+  - Cache update of result templates with dynamic featureOfInterest definition
   - NPE when a series with no observations exist, the next values check fails because the session is closed
  
 ## Release 52n-sensorweb-sos-4.4.6