diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 029067a0f..47bf92939 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.8.0 (TBD)
+## 0.8.0 (December 6, 2017)
 
 BREAKING CHANGES:
  - [client] all XxxSync methods now return (ResponseXxx, error)
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index e02653d83..c06995264 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package version
 // NOTE: we should probably be versioning the ABCI and the abci-cli separately
 
 const Maj = "0"
-const Min = "7"
-const Fix = "1"
+const Min = "8"
+const Fix = "0"
 
-const Version = "0.7.1"
+const Version = "0.8.0"