diff --git a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
index 97eb7564..e7895fba 100644
--- a/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
+++ b/.versionbot/CHANGELOG.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
+- commits:
+    - subject: Parse container exit error message instead of status
+      hash: 71d24d6e3366b28e1466e99322d58420b5ebbb67
+      body: >
+        The previous implementation in #2170 of parsing the container status was
+        too general,
+
+        because it relied on the mistaken assumption that a container would have a status of
+
+        `Stopped` if it was manually stopped. This turned out to be untrue, as manually stopped
+
+        containers were also getting restarted by the Supervisor due to their inspect status of
+
+        `exited`. With this, parsing the exit message became unavoidable as there are no other
+
+        clear ways to discern a container that has been manually stopped and shouldn't be started
+
+        from a container experiencing the Engine-host race condition issue (again, see #2170).
+
+
+        Since we're just parsing the exit error message, we don't need to worry about different behaviors
+
+        amongst restart policies, as any container with the error message on exit should be started.
+      footer:
+        Change-type: patch
+        change-type: patch
+        Closes: "#2178"
+        closes: "#2178"
+        Signed-off-by: Christina Ying Wang <christina@balena.io>
+        signed-off-by: Christina Ying Wang <christina@balena.io>
+      author: Christina W
+      nested: []
+  version: 14.11.8
+  title: ""
+  date: 2023-06-23T18:46:22.881Z
 - commits:
     - subject: Fix /v2/applications/state endpoint
       hash: 12eac04484e3c0a347b6f31783ed7973991046fa
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3df6623a..1b6edcf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 automatically by Versionist. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# v14.11.8
+## (2023-06-23)
+
+* Parse container exit error message instead of status [Christina W]
+
 # v14.11.7
 ## (2023-06-19)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a42e34d5..4cd0f1d0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14.11.7
\ No newline at end of file
+14.11.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/balena.yml b/balena.yml
index 88864cbb..b8cea446 100644
--- a/balena.yml
+++ b/balena.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ name: balena-supervisor
 description: 'Balena Supervisor: balena''s agent on devices.'
 joinable: false
 type: sw.application
-version: 14.11.7
+version: 14.11.8
 provides:
   - slug: sw.compose.long-volume-syntax
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cdcee074..9565ee56 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
-  "version": "14.11.7",
+  "version": "14.11.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "balena-supervisor",
-      "version": "14.11.7",
+      "version": "14.11.8",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@balena/happy-eyeballs": "0.0.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc940fff..8fc06b11 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "balena-supervisor",
   "description": "This is balena's Supervisor, a program that runs on IoT devices and has the task of running user Apps (which are Docker containers), and updating them as the balena API informs it to.",
-  "version": "14.11.7",
+  "version": "14.11.8",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -146,6 +146,6 @@
     }
   },
   "versionist": {
-    "publishedAt": "2023-06-19T21:54:56.753Z"
+    "publishedAt": "2023-06-23T18:46:23.741Z"
   }
 }