diff --git a/bin/user/GTS.py b/bin/user/GTS.py
index 3546f85..75a169e 100644
--- a/bin/user/GTS.py
+++ b/bin/user/GTS.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         
 """
 
-VERSION = "0.8b1"
+VERSION = "0.8"
 
 # deal with differences between python 2 and python 3
 try:
diff --git a/bin/user/dayboundarystats.py b/bin/user/dayboundarystats.py
index a7dce73..7d4d3b4 100644
--- a/bin/user/dayboundarystats.py
+++ b/bin/user/dayboundarystats.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 """
 
-VERSION = "0.8b1"
+VERSION = "0.8"
 
 # deal with differences between python 2 and python 3
 try:
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 96a2901..e9b6c58 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -62,3 +62,5 @@
 0.8b1 06nov2022
 * docu
 * bug fixes
+0.8 18nov2022
+* release
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index 54fb252..55d3ae8 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def loader():
 class GTSInstaller(ExtensionInstaller):
     def __init__(self):
         super(GTSInstaller, self).__init__(
-            version="0.8b1",
+            version="0.8",
             name='GTS',
             description='Provides Gruenlandtemperatursumme (GTS), a kind of growing degree days',
             author="Johanna Roedenbeck",