diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2e096da..178b3e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ jobs:
             - run: sudo apt install cvs
             - run: ./.github/workflows/install-shtk.sh /usr/local
             - run: ./.github/workflows/distcheck.sh
+            - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: distfile
+                  path: sysbuild-*.tar.gz
+                  retention-days: 1
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9b64c27..1943f35 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changes in version 2.8
 ======================
 
-STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT; NOT RELEASED YET.
+Released on 2025-01-01.
 
 * Made the default.conf configuration file not assume a NetBSD host so
   that it is usable, for example, on Mac OS X.  The previous sample
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT; NOT RELEASED YET.
 * Fixed path to sysbuild in sysbuild4cron.
 
 * Converted test programs to shtk's unittest library, thus removing the
-  dependency on atf-sh and bumping the dependency on shtk to 1.6.
+  dependency on atf-sh.
 
 * Fixed option parsing to detect missing arguments to options.
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT; NOT RELEASED YET.
   This is done via new syntax in the MACHINE variable, which can now
   take pairs like evbarm-aarch64.
 
+* Updated the minimum shtk version to 1.7.
+
 
 Changes in version 2.7
 ======================