diff --git a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
index d6ef99820ffc73ef73471d077292d32e3d0cdbda..44726955203ad21c5ad5de603f55958e93fca7c1 100644
--- a/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
+++ b/GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-13.7.0
+13.8.0
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-upgrade-gitlab-shell-13-8.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-upgrade-gitlab-shell-13-8.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c05570343ffcb14f74cf447f5f2356d1f9121e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-upgrade-gitlab-shell-13-8.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Upgrade gitlab-shell to v13.8.0
+merge_request: 44852
+author:
+type: other