diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a897106427..6de6c2c408 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-dev.700 | 2025-07-22 11:40:19 -0700
+
+  * Update zeek-af_packet-plugin submodule to fix initialization [nomail] (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-dev.698 | 2025-07-22 08:04:59 -0700
 
   * Return weird if a log line is over a configurable size limit (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 196e5f0666..1ae0b95185 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.698
+8.0.0-dev.700
diff --git a/auxil/zeek-af_packet-plugin b/auxil/zeek-af_packet-plugin
index ae970df550..b89a6f6412 160000
--- a/auxil/zeek-af_packet-plugin
+++ b/auxil/zeek-af_packet-plugin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ae970df550ff6b626ac924447e2a6abb5e7b8b80
+Subproject commit b89a6f64123f778090d1dd6ec48e6b8e8906ea11