diff --git a/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md b/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md
index 3640c4852c..74010f597b 100644
--- a/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ All notable changes to this RDK Service will be documented in this file.
 
 * For more details, refer to [versioning](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkservices#versioning) section under Main README.
 
+## [1.0.8] - 2024-07-01
+### Changed
+- Added Delay in Thread Restart Logic
+
 ## [1.0.7] - 2024-05-31
 ### Changed
 - RDK-45345: Upgrade Sky Glass devices to use Thunder R4.4.1
diff --git a/Monitor/Monitor.cpp b/Monitor/Monitor.cpp
index 4a5869c78f..57fec083ee 100644
--- a/Monitor/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/Monitor/Monitor.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #define API_VERSION_NUMBER_MAJOR 1
 #define API_VERSION_NUMBER_MINOR 0
-#define API_VERSION_NUMBER_PATCH 6
+#define API_VERSION_NUMBER_PATCH 8
 
 namespace WPEFramework {
 
diff --git a/Monitor/Monitor.h b/Monitor/Monitor.h
index 0f2c570ff3..148e331f07 100644
--- a/Monitor/Monitor.h
+++ b/Monitor/Monitor.h
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ namespace Plugin {
                             _service->Notify(message);
                             _parent.event_action(callsign, "Activate", "Automatic");
                             TRACE(Trace::Error, (_T("Restarting %s again because we detected it misbehaved."), callsign.c_str()));
-                            Core::IWorkerPool::Instance().Schedule(Core::Time::Now(), PluginHost::IShell::Job::Create(service, PluginHost::IShell::ACTIVATED, PluginHost::IShell::AUTOMATIC));
+                            Core::IWorkerPool::Instance().Schedule(Core::Time::Now().Add(5000), PluginHost::IShell::Job::Create(service, PluginHost::IShell::ACTIVATED, PluginHost::IShell::AUTOMATIC));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/docs/api/MonitorPlugin.md b/docs/api/MonitorPlugin.md
index c84e279e5d..23f1f49a95 100644
--- a/docs/api/MonitorPlugin.md
+++ b/docs/api/MonitorPlugin.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <a name="Monitor_Plugin"></a>
 # Monitor Plugin
 
-**Version: [1.0.7](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkservices/blob/main/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md)**
+**Version: [1.0.8](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkservices/blob/main/Monitor/CHANGELOG.md)**
 
 A Monitor plugin for Thunder framework.