diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: sandpaper
 Title: Create and Curate Carpentries Lessons
-Version: 0.16.7
+Version: 0.16.8
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Robert",
            family = "Davey",
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Authors@R: c(
            family = "Bellini Saibene",
            role = c("ctb", "trl"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4522-7466")),
+    person(given = "Martin",
+           family = "Raden",
+           role = c("ctb", "trl"),
+           comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7926-5911")),
     person())
 Description: We provide tools to build a Carpentries-themed lesson repository
   into an accessible standalone static website. These include local tools and
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# sandpaper 0.16.8 (2024-10-11)
+
+## BUG FIXES
+
+* Pin workflow to ubuntu-22.04 instead of ubuntu-latest
+  (reported @chrbknudsen #605, fixed @froggleston #606)
+* Update notes to remove excessive build warnings
+  (@milanmlft #599)
+
+## LANGUAGES
+
+* Add `R-de.po` for German translations of lesson elements
+  (@martin-raden #607)
+
+## MISC
+
+* Added @martin-raden as a contributor and translator - welcome!
+
+
 # sandpaper 0.16.7 (2024-09-04)
 
 ## BUG FIXES