diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0c3f2067..21453dec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.8 (unreleased)
+0.8 (2018-10-29)
 ----------------
 
 - add typed parameters support https://github.com/PyCQA/baron/pull/140 by Scott Belden and and additional work by bram
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5917bb3e..8231f500 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 setup(name='baron',
-      version='0.7',
+      version='0.8',
       description='Full Syntax Tree for python to make writing refactoring code a realist task',
       author='Laurent Peuch',
       long_description=read_md("README.md") + "\n\n" + open("CHANGELOG", "r").read(),