diff --git a/trunk/packaging/deb/changelog b/trunk/packaging/deb/changelog
index 94feb16c..e185faf2 100644
--- a/trunk/packaging/deb/changelog
+++ b/trunk/packaging/deb/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+core (4.8rc1-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Support for NRL Network Modeling Framework (NMF) XML representation, bugfixes
+
+ --  CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil>  Thu, 21 May 2015 10:37:10 -0700
+
 core (4.7-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * EMANE 0.9.1, asymmetric links, bugfixes
diff --git a/trunk/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in b/trunk/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
index cc3d3c86..266b41a9 100644
--- a/trunk/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
+++ b/trunk/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ sed -i 's/emane_realtime = True/emane_realtime = False/' /etc/core/core.conf
 %{_sbindir}/vnoded
 
 %changelog
+* Thur May 21 2015 CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil> - 4.8rc1
+- Support for NRL Network Modeling Framework (NMF) XML representation, bugfixes
 * Wed Aug 6 2014 Jeff Ahrenholz <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil> - 4.7
 - EMANE 0.9.1, asymmetric links, bugfixes
 * Thu Aug 22 2013 Jeff Ahrenholz <jeffrey.m.ahrenholz@boeing.com> - 4.6