diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebd1b51507..52e5747bfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+### v0.80.0
+###### Features
+- Reduce storage on disk by reducing regional specs to only have differences from `us-east-1` spec (pull #[2457](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2457))
+###### CloudFormation Specifications
+- Update CloudFormation specs to `96.0.0` (pull #[2461](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2461))
+###### Fixes
+- Fix an issue with junit/pretty formatter/core process to get all rules even on parse failure (pull #[2462](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2462))
+- Fix an issue when use stdin to pass a template and cfn-lint with parameters giving `E0000` (pull #[2470](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2470))
+
 ### v0.70.1
 ###### Features
 - Add support for Python 3.11 (pull #[2463](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2463))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f9e0bd052..3b4fb9370d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ If you'd like cfn-lint to be run automatically when making changes to files in y
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.70.1  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.80.0  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint
       files: path/to/cfn/dir/.*\.(json|yml|yaml)$
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ If you are using a `.cfnlintrc` and specifying the `templates` or `ignore_templa
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.70.1  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.80.0  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint-rc
 ```
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/decode/cfn_json.py b/src/cfnlint/decode/cfn_json.py
index 58a4c8c22d..d961133e8a 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/decode/cfn_json.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/decode/cfn_json.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ def load(filename):
     content = ''
 
     if not sys.stdin.isatty():
-        filename = ['-'] if filename is None else filename
+        filename = '-' if filename is None else filename
         if sys.version_info.major <= 3 and sys.version_info.minor <= 9:
             for line in fileinput.input(files=filename):
                 content = content + line
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/version.py b/src/cfnlint/version.py
index 7030c01d5d..57fd7a7e72 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/version.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.70.1'
+__version__ = '0.80.0'