diff --git a/casbah-core/src/test/scala/QueryIntegrationSpec.scala b/casbah-core/src/test/scala/QueryIntegrationSpec.scala
index 5ad4d82d..f02ab8c9 100644
--- a/casbah-core/src/test/scala/QueryIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/casbah-core/src/test/scala/QueryIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ class QueryIntegrationSpec extends CasbahDBTestSpecification {
 
   "$max" should {
     "Work with a single pair" in {
+      serverIsAtLeastVersion(2, 46) must beTrue.orSkip("Needs server >= 2.6")
+
       collection.drop()
       collection += MongoDBObject("hello" -> "world", "foo" -> 5.0)
 
@@ -160,6 +162,8 @@ class QueryIntegrationSpec extends CasbahDBTestSpecification {
       collection.findOne().get("foo") must beEqualTo(6)
     }
     "Work with multiple pairs" in {
+      serverIsAtLeastVersion(2, 46) must beTrue.orSkip("Needs server >= 2.6")
+
       collection.drop()
       collection += MongoDBObject("hello" -> "world", "foo" -> 5.0, "bar" -> 5.0)
 
diff --git a/casbah-query/src/main/scala/BarewordOperators.scala b/casbah-query/src/main/scala/BarewordOperators.scala
index 8484113c..6814a4d6 100644
--- a/casbah-query/src/main/scala/BarewordOperators.scala
+++ b/casbah-query/src/main/scala/BarewordOperators.scala
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ trait IncOp extends BarewordQueryOperator {
  *
  * {{{ \$max ("foo" -> 5.0, "bar" -> 1.6) }}}
  *
- * @since 2.7
+ * @since 2.8
  * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/max/
  */
 trait MaxOp extends BarewordQueryOperator {
diff --git a/project/CasbahBuild.scala b/project/CasbahBuild.scala
index 80a5d950..58c64b10 100644
--- a/project/CasbahBuild.scala
+++ b/project/CasbahBuild.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ object CasbahBuild extends Build {
   lazy val buildSettings = Seq(
     organization := "org.mongodb",
     organizationHomepage := Some(url("http://www.mongodb.org")),
-    version      := "2.8.0-RC2",
+    version      := "2.8.0",
     scalaVersion := "2.10.4",
     crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.11.5", "2.10.4", "2.9.3")
   )
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ object CasbahBuild extends Build {
 object Dependencies {
 
   //val mongoJavaDriver  = "org.mongodb" % "mongo-java-driver" % "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
-  val mongoJavaDriver  = "org.mongodb" % "mongo-java-driver" % "2.13.0-rc2"
+  val mongoJavaDriver  = "org.mongodb" % "mongo-java-driver" % "2.13.0"
   val slf4j            = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.6.0"
   val junit            = "junit" % "junit" % "4.10" % "test"
   val slf4jJCL         = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-jcl" % "1.6.0" % "test"
diff --git a/src/sphinx/changelog.rst b/src/sphinx/changelog.rst
index ebf72e0f..234a4e02 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/changelog.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Changelog
    Casbah jira project is here: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CASBAH
 
 
+Changes in Version 2.8.0
+------------------------
+- Updated Mongo Java Driver to 2.13.0 (https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-java-driver/releases/tag/r2.13.0) (CASBAH-156)
+- Added support for $max in DSL (https://github.com/mongodb/casbah/pull/69) (CASBAH-163)
+
 Changes in Version 2.8.0-rc2
 ----------------------------
 - Updated Mongo Java Driver to 2.13.0-rc2 (https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-java-driver/releases/tag/r2.13.0-rc2) (CASBAH-156)
diff --git a/src/sphinx/conf.py b/src/sphinx/conf.py
index 0d4e31c7..6e783457 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/src/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.7'
+version = '2.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.7.5'
+release = '2.8.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/src/sphinx/guide/installation_alt.rst b/src/sphinx/guide/installation_alt.rst
index 548dcba1..6c970f31 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/guide/installation_alt.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/guide/installation_alt.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ releases and should be considered (and kept) stable.
 
 .. |scala_versions| replace:: 2.9.3, 2.10.x, 2.11.x
 .. |all_dep_urls| replace::
-    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.11/2.7.5/casbah-alldep_2.11-2.7.5.jar
-    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.10/2.7.5/casbah-alldep_2.10-2.7.5.jar
-    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.9.3/2.7.5/casbah-alldep_2.9.3-2.7.5.jar
+    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.11/2.8.0/casbah-alldep_2.11-2.8.0.jar
+    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.10/2.8.0/casbah-alldep_2.10-2.8.0.jar
+    http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/mongodb/casbah_2.9.3/2.8.0/casbah-alldep_2.9.3-2.8.0.jar