diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index 06b9e875..4639d94c 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.dev0'
+release = '0.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 932eea2e..94acb9a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='mpi-sppy',
-    version='0.8.dev0',
+    version='0.8',
     description="mpi-sppy",
     url='https://github.com/Pyomo/mpi-sppy',
     author='David Woodruff',