diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
index 0f53125de26b5..ad864377fe707 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 * <<release-notes-8.18.2>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.1>>
 * <<release-notes-8.18.0>>
+* <<release-notes-8.17.8>>
+* <<release-notes-8.17.7>>
 * <<release-notes-8.17.6>>
 * <<release-notes-8.17.5>>
 * <<release-notes-8.17.4>>
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ include::release-notes/8.18.3.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.2.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.1.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.18.0.asciidoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.17.8.asciidoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.17.7.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.6.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.5.asciidoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.4.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.7.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.7.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e58a94e0eab55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.7.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[[release-notes-8.17.7]]
+== {es} version 8.17.7
+
+coming[8.17.7]
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.17,Breaking changes in 8.17>>.
+
+[[breaking-8.17.7]]
+[float]
+=== Breaking changes
+
+Snapshot/Restore::
+* Make S3 custom query parameter optional {es-pull}128043[#128043]
+
+[[bug-8.17.7]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+Audit::
+* Handle streaming request body in audit log {es-pull}127798[#127798]
+
+Downsampling::
+* Downsampling does not consider passthrough fields as dimensions {es-pull}127752[#127752] (issue: {es-issue}125156[#125156])
+
+Infra/Scripting::
+* Avoid nested docs in painless execute api {es-pull}127991[#127991] (issue: {es-issue}41004[#41004])
+
+Relevance::
+* Fix: Add `NamedWriteable` for `RuleQueryRankDoc` {es-pull}128153[#128153] (issue: {es-issue}126071[#126071])
+
+Security::
+* Remove dangling spaces wherever found {es-pull}127475[#127475]
+
+TSDB::
+* Skip the validation when retrieving the index mode during reindexing a time series data stream {es-pull}127824[#127824]
+
+
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.8.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.8.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dbb12e4c3052b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.17.8.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[[release-notes-8.17.8]]
+== {es} version 8.17.8
+
+Also see <<breaking-changes-8.17,Breaking changes in 8.17>>.
+
+[[bug-8.17.8]]
+[float]
+=== Bug fixes
+
+Aggregations::
+* Aggs: Fix significant terms not finding background docuemnts for nested fields {es-pull}128472[#128472] (issue: {es-issue}101163[#101163])
+
+Authorization::
+* Prevent invalid privileges in manage roles privilege {es-pull}128532[#128532] (issue: {es-issue}127496[#127496])
+
+Codec::
+* Use new source loader when lower `docId` is accessed {es-pull}128320[#128320]
+
+Data streams::
+* Bump APM data resource version {es-pull}129539[#129539]
+
+Infra/Core::
+* Update AbstractXContentParser to support parsers that don't provide text characters {es-pull}129005[#129005]
+
+Infra/Scripting::
+* Register mustache size limit setting {es-pull}119291[#119291]
+
+Machine Learning::
+* Account for Java direct memory on machine learning nodes to prevent out-of-memory crashes. {es-pull}128742[#128742]
+* Ensure that anomaly detection job state update retries if master node is temoporarily unavailable {es-pull}129391[#129391] (issue: {es-issue}126148[#126148])
+
+Searchable Snapshots::
+* Adjust unpromotable shard refresh request validation to allow `RefreshResult.NO_REFRESH` {es-pull}129176[#129176] (issue: {es-issue}129036[#129036])
+
+Security::
+* Fix error message when changing the password for a user in the file realm {es-pull}127621[#127621]
+
+[[enhancement-8.17.8]]
+[float]
+=== Enhancements
+
+Authorization::
+* Fix unsupported privileges error message during role and API key creation {es-pull}129158[#129158] (issue: {es-issue}128132[#128132])
+
+