diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6497866..a886f5f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+rpi-eeprom (11.8-1) buster; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Nicolas Saenz Julienne ]
+  * rpi-eeprom-update: Use 'tr' instead of 'strings'
+
+  [ Tim Gover ]
+  * pieeprom-2021-02-16: Promote to STABLE
+
+  [ Serge Schneider ]
+  * Packaging: remove binutils dependency
+
+ -- Serge Schneider <serge@raspberrypi.com>  Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:53:15 +0000
+
 rpi-eeprom (11.7-1) buster; urgency=medium
 
   [ Tim Gover ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e4dc861..2c09c6f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom.git
 Package: rpi-eeprom
 Architecture: armhf arm64
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libraspberrypi-bin, python3,
- binutils, raspberrypi-bootloader (>= 1.20190819), pciutils
+ raspberrypi-bootloader (>= 1.20190819), pciutils
 Breaks: rpi-eeprom-images (<<7.2)
 Replaces: rpi-eeprom-images (<<7.2)
 Recommends: flashrom
diff --git a/firmware/release-notes.md b/firmware/release-notes.md
index 19c1ba8..f499666 100644
--- a/firmware/release-notes.md
+++ b/firmware/release-notes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 USB MSD boot also requires the firmware from Raspberry Pi OS 2020-08-20 or newer.
 https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bcm2711_bootloader_config.md
 
+## 2021-02-22 - Promote 2021-02-16 to stable - STABLE (LATEST)
+   * Freezing for default/critical update.
+
 ## 2021-02-16 - Change VC version info & TFTP fix - BETA
    * Display the VC_BUILD strings instead of the sha256 of the .elf file so that
      the information is the same as "vcgencmd version"
diff --git a/firmware/stable/pieeprom-2021-02-16.bin b/firmware/stable/pieeprom-2021-02-16.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7413a3f
Binary files /dev/null and b/firmware/stable/pieeprom-2021-02-16.bin differ
diff --git a/firmware/stable/recovery.bin b/firmware/stable/recovery.bin
index a5864e2..8e30d95 100644
Binary files a/firmware/stable/recovery.bin and b/firmware/stable/recovery.bin differ
diff --git a/rpi-eeprom-update b/rpi-eeprom-update
index 332d39c..e4df232 100755
--- a/rpi-eeprom-update
+++ b/rpi-eeprom-update
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ getBootloaderConfig() {
    local blconfig_nvmem_path=""
 
    if [ -f "${blconfig_alias}" ]; then
-      local blconfig_ofnode_path="/sys/firmware/devicetree/base"$(strings "${blconfig_alias}")""
+      local blconfig_ofnode_path="/sys/firmware/devicetree/base"$(tr -cd [:print:] < "${blconfig_alias}")""
       local blconfig_ofnode_link=$(find -L /sys/bus/nvmem -samefile "${blconfig_ofnode_path}" 2>/dev/null)
 
       if [ -e "${blconfig_ofnode_link}" ]; then
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ getBootloaderUpdateVersion() {
    match=".*/pieeprom-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9].bin"
    latest="$(find "${FIRMWARE_IMAGE_DIR}/" -maxdepth 1 -type f -size "${EEPROM_SIZE}c" -regex "${match}" | sort -r | head -n1)"
    if [ -f "${latest}" ]; then
-      BOOTLOADER_UPDATE_VERSION=$(strings "${latest}" | grep BUILD_TIMESTAMP | sed 's/.*=//g')
+      BOOTLOADER_UPDATE_VERSION=$(tr -c [:print:] "\n" < "${latest}" | sed '/^BUILD_TIMESTAMP=/s/.*=//p;d')
       BOOTLOADER_UPDATE_IMAGE="${latest}"
    fi
 }