diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef0be3af..e8455b57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## [0.8.4](https://github.com/gdsfactory/kfactory/releases/v0.8.4) - 2023-09-27
+
+
+### Added
+
+- added towncrier [#164](https://github.com/gdsfactory/kfactory/issues/164)
+
+
 ## [0.8.2](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2
 
 - compatible with latest gdsfactory [PR](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/pull/163)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45a640b0..718f925d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gplugins 0.8.3
+# gplugins 0.8.4
 
 [![docs](https://github.com/gdsfactory/gplugins/actions/workflows/pages.yml/badge.svg)](https://gdsfactory.github.io/gplugins/)
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gplugins)](https://pypi.org/project/gplugins/)
diff --git a/gplugins/__init__.py b/gplugins/__init__.py
index 414f720c..6cad22a8 100644
--- a/gplugins/__init__.py
+++ b/gplugins/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """gplugins - gdsfactory plugins"""
 
-__version__ = "0.8.3"
+__version__ = "0.8.4"
 
 from gplugins.common.utils import plot, port_symmetries
 from gplugins.common.utils.get_effective_indices import get_effective_indices
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e024bfd2..938445c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 name = "gplugins"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dagster = ["dagster", "dagit"]
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ docs = [
   "pyvista[jupyter]<=0.40"
 ]
 femwell = [
-  "femwell>=0.1.6,<0.8.3",
+  "femwell>=0.1.6,<0.8.4",
   "meshwell>=1.0.0,<1.1.0"
 ]
 gmsh = [
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
 [tool.tbump.version]
-current = "0.8.3"
+current = "0.8.4"
 regex = '''
   (?P<major>\d+)
   \.