diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 79740126e..209e2bb96 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 24)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 05)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 08)
 set(VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0)
 set(VERSION_SUFFIX "DevelopmentSnapshot")
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VERSION_SUFFIX}" "" no_version_suffix)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bca770948..38cfaaca1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Current
+# 24.08.0
 
 - An advanced plotting tutorial
 - Try harder to kill maxima on closing it
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - Size calculations for numbers that were broken into lines failed the first time
   (#1931)
 - On MS Windows one can now choose between Gnuplot and wGnuplot (#1934)
+- Fixed the error message about dual manifest files on MSVC
 
 # 24.05.0
 
diff --git a/data/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.appdata.xml b/data/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.appdata.xml
index 26b679ff8..ec4e61781 100644
--- a/data/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.appdata.xml
+++ b/data/io.github.wxmaxima_developers.wxMaxima.appdata.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@
     <content_attribute id="social-info">mild</content_attribute>
   </content_rating>
   <releases>
+<release version="24.08.0" date="2024-08-18T09:26:00Z">
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      Many bug fixes.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+</release>
 <release version="24.05.0" date="2024-05-08T22:35:00Z">
   <description>
     <p>
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 6b735166b..e82c86a01 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: wxmaxima
-version: 24.05.0-0
+version: 24.08.0-0
 summary: A nightly build of wxMaxima, a gui for Maxima, a full-featured CAS.
 description: wxMaxima is a quite full-featured graphical user interface for Maxima.
 confinement: strict
diff --git a/src/dialogs/LoggingMessageDialog.h b/src/dialogs/LoggingMessageDialog.h
index 9f2b8382c..2c201875d 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/LoggingMessageDialog.h
+++ b/src/dialogs/LoggingMessageDialog.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class LoggingMessageDialog : public wxMessageDialog
 {
 public:
   LoggingMessageDialog(wxWindow *parent, const wxString &message,
-                       const wxString &caption = wxMessageBoxCaptionStr,
+                       wxString caption = wxMessageBoxCaptionStr,
                        long style = wxOK|wxCENTRE, const wxPoint &pos = wxDefaultPosition):
     wxMessageDialog (parent, message, caption, style, pos)
     {