diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6389501d..ef0a56eb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ For change history for [MOST][3], see [most/CHANGES.md](most/CHANGES.md).
 since 8.0b1
 -----------
 
+#### 5/3/24
+  - Fix issue in `mp_table_subclass` that caused intermittent max
+    recursion depth errors in `t_mp_table` on some versions of Octave.
+
 #### 4/23/24
   - Delete extra (duplicate) row in `gencost` in `case94pi.m`.
 
diff --git a/lib/mp_table_subclass.m b/lib/mp_table_subclass.m
index babafda8..0b0ac3c0 100644
--- a/lib/mp_table_subclass.m
+++ b/lib/mp_table_subclass.m
@@ -140,11 +140,13 @@
         end
 
         function n = numArgumentsFromSubscript(obj, varargin)
-            n = numArgumentsFromSubscript(obj.tab, varargin{:});
+            n = 1;
         end
 
+        % This is needed to avoid an error when doing T{r1:rN, c} = b;
+        % See https://github.com/apjanke/octave-tablicious/issues/80#issuecomment-855198281.
         function n = numel(obj, varargin)
-            n = numel(obj.tab, varargin{:});
+            n = 1;
         end
 
         function b = subsref(obj, varargin)
diff --git a/lib/mpver.m b/lib/mpver.m
index 04697a5a..169f6e1f 100644
--- a/lib/mpver.m
+++ b/lib/mpver.m
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 v{1} = struct(  'Name',     'MATPOWER', ... 
                 'Version',  '8.0b1+', ...
                 'Release',  '', ...
-                'Date',     '30-Apr-2024' );
+                'Date',     '03-May-2024' );
 if nargout > 0
     if nargin > 0
         rv = v{1};