diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index b74aac755e1e2ee76f131284c4472188a0e4eb22..0b8cfa4b5cef17cc232ae039214a94492c5406f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Per-release changes to Geocoder.
 
+== 0.8.4 (2009 Oct 23)
+
+* Deprecate <tt>find_near</tt> class method in favor of +near+ named scope.
+
 == 0.8.3 (2009 Oct 23)
 
 * Update Google URL query string parameter to reflect recent changes in Google's API.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee94dd834b5395f973d3c7992f661d306320aec2..b60d71966ae916fb42407607e33427d305ad69b3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.3
+0.8.4
diff --git a/rails-geocoder.gemspec b/rails-geocoder.gemspec
index 0d4a013115670e7bb1a6c29b227cef9a299d635d..70c57a3595b1d6859ac4e5a53547b000449b507e 100644
--- a/rails-geocoder.gemspec
+++ b/rails-geocoder.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{rails-geocoder}
-  s.version = "0.8.3"
+  s.version = "0.8.4"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Alex Reisner"]