diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index fd371c71..2f4c5171 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.7.3
+## 2.8.0
 
 Released 2015-mm-dd
 
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades windshaft to [0.48.0](https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/releases/tag/0.48.0)
+
 
 ## 2.7.2
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 629e1dd2..0e18c3c5 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-  "version": "2.7.3",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "cartodb-psql": {
       "version": "0.4.0",
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@
                   "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.3.0.tgz"
                 },
                 "mime-types": {
-                  "version": "2.1.2",
+                  "version": "2.1.3",
                   "from": "mime-types@^2.1.1",
-                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.2.tgz",
+                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.3.tgz",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "mime-db": {
-                      "version": "1.14.0",
-                      "from": "mime-db@~1.14.0",
-                      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.14.0.tgz"
+                      "version": "1.15.0",
+                      "from": "mime-db@~1.15.0",
+                      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.15.0.tgz"
                     }
                   }
                 }
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/har-validator/-/har-validator-1.8.0.tgz",
               "dependencies": {
                 "bluebird": {
-                  "version": "2.9.32",
+                  "version": "2.9.33",
                   "from": "bluebird@^2.9.30",
-                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-2.9.32.tgz"
+                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-2.9.33.tgz"
                 },
                 "chalk": {
                   "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -485,9 +485,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.6.0.tgz"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "0.47.0",
-      "from": "windshaft@0.47.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windshaft/-/windshaft-0.47.0.tgz",
+      "version": "0.48.0",
+      "from": "windshaft@0.48.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windshaft/-/windshaft-0.48.0.tgz",
       "dependencies": {
         "chronograph": {
           "version": "0.1.0",
@@ -2293,8 +2293,8 @@
         },
         "tilelive-mapnik": {
           "version": "0.6.15",
-          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/tilelive-mapnik/tarball/cdb",
-          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/tilelive-mapnik/tarball/cdb",
+          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/tilelive-mapnik/tarball/upgrade-mapnik",
+          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/tilelive-mapnik/tarball/upgrade-mapnik",
           "dependencies": {
             "generic-pool": {
               "version": "2.1.1",
@@ -2303,15 +2303,15 @@
             },
             "mime": {
               "version": "1.2.11",
-              "from": "mime@~1.2.9",
+              "from": "mime@~1.2.11",
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/-/mime-1.2.11.tgz"
             }
           }
         },
         "mapnik": {
-          "version": "1.4.15-cdb1",
-          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-mapnik/tarball/1.4.15-cdb1",
-          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-mapnik/tarball/1.4.15-cdb1",
+          "version": "1.4.15-cdb2",
+          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-mapnik/tarball/1.4.15-cdb2",
+          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-mapnik/tarball/1.4.15-cdb2",
           "dependencies": {
             "nan": {
               "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -2919,8 +2919,8 @@
         },
         "abaculus": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
-          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/abaculus/tarball/cdb",
-          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/abaculus/tarball/cdb"
+          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/abaculus/tarball/upgrade-mapnik",
+          "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/abaculus/tarball/upgrade-mapnik"
         },
         "sphericalmercator": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4cb2b75..cfa4bec9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "private": true,
     "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-    "version": "2.7.3",
+    "version": "2.8.0",
     "description": "A map tile server for CartoDB",
     "keywords": [
       "cartodb"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "underscore"  : "~1.6.0",
         "dot": "~1.0.2",
-        "windshaft": "0.47.0",
+        "windshaft": "0.48.0",
         "step": "~0.0.5",
         "queue-async": "~1.0.7",
         "request": "~2.9.203",