diff --git a/.axoCover/settings.json b/.axoCover/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f5e07d..00000000
--- a/.axoCover/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "TestRunner": "",
-  "TestPlatform": "x86",
-  "TestApartmentState": "STA",
-  "TestSettings": "",
-  "ExcludeAttributes": "System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.ExcludeFromCodeCoverageAttribute",
-  "ExcludeFiles": "",
-  "ExcludeDirectories": "",
-  "Filters": "+[*]*",
-  "IsIncludingSolutionAssemblies": true,
-  "IsExcludingTestAssemblies": false,
-  "IsCoveringByTest": true,
-  "IsMergingByHash": true,
-  "IsSkippingAutoProps": true
-}
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diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f649f34e..00000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": ".NET Core Attach",
-            "type": "coreclr",
-            "request": "attach",
-            "processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
-        }
-    ]
-}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ae6d8b7a..00000000
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
-    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
-    "version": "2.0.0",
-    "tasks": [
-        {
-            "taskName": "build_WireMock.Net.StandAlone.NETCoreApp",
-            "command": "dotnet build ${workspaceRoot}/examples/WireMock.Net.StandAlone.NETCoreApp/WireMock.Net.StandAlone.NETCoreApp.csproj -f netcoreapp2.0 ",
-            "type": "shell",
-            "group": "build",
-            "presentation": {
-                "reveal": "silent"
-            },
-            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
-        }
-    ]
-}
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9535671..668e57b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 1.8.8 (24 May 2025)
+- [#1300](https://github.com/wiremock/WireMock.Net/pull/1300) - Create WireMock.Net.MimePart project [feature] contributed by [StefH](https://github.com/StefH)
+
 # 1.8.7 (22 May 2025)
 - [#1297](https://github.com/wiremock/WireMock.Net/pull/1297) - Fix BodyParser to correctly check for json [bug] contributed by [StefH](https://github.com/StefH)
 - [#1299](https://github.com/wiremock/WireMock.Net/pull/1299) - Use TinyMapper.Signed [bug] contributed by [StefH](https://github.com/StefH)
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 6424c3df..0acec57c 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <VersionPrefix>1.8.7</VersionPrefix>
+        <VersionPrefix>1.8.8</VersionPrefix>
         <PackageIcon>WireMock.Net-Logo.png</PackageIcon>
         <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/wiremock/WireMock.Net</PackageProjectUrl>
         <PackageLicenseExpression>Apache-2.0</PackageLicenseExpression>
diff --git a/Generate-ReleaseNotes.cmd b/Generate-ReleaseNotes.cmd
index a33d993b..82e6ee4c 100644
--- a/Generate-ReleaseNotes.cmd
+++ b/Generate-ReleaseNotes.cmd
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 rem https://github.com/StefH/GitHubReleaseNotes
 
-SET version=1.8.7
+SET version=1.8.8
 
 GitHubReleaseNotes --output CHANGELOG.md --skip-empty-releases --exclude-labels wontfix test question invalid doc duplicate example environment --version %version% --token %GH_TOKEN%
 
diff --git a/PackageReleaseNotes.txt b/PackageReleaseNotes.txt
index b2148306..3943d6ca 100644
--- a/PackageReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/PackageReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-# 1.8.7 (22 May 2025)
-- #1297 Fix BodyParser to correctly check for json [bug]
-- #1299 Use TinyMapper.Signed [bug]
-- #1301 Fix errors when converting response bodies with top-level JSON arrays to C# code [bug]
-- #973 TinyMapper error [bug]
-- #1272 WithMappingFromOpenApiFile fails with exception when example item present in text-plain response in OAS contract
-- #1295 Content-Type `multipart/form-data` header not proxied [bug]
-- #1298 TinyMapper error redux [bug]
+# 1.8.8 (24 May 2025)
+- #1300 Create WireMock.Net.MimePart project [feature]
 
 The full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/wiremock/WireMock.Net/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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