diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b946e1e43b..c0fe2a01ad 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Release History
    - Removed
    - Fixed
 
-2.7.1 (unreleased)
-==================
+2.8.0 (June 9, 2018)
+====================
 
 **Added**
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3c1cf8d98c..bc1c603e22 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 global-include *.py
 include *.rst
-include *.sh
+global-include *.sh
 include *.txt
 include *.yml
 recursive-include nengo *.rst
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@ recursive-include nengo *.txt
 include MANIFEST.in
 
 # Directories to include
-graft benchmarks
 graft docs
-graft examples
 graft nengo-data
 
 # Subdirectories to exclude, if they exist
 prune docs/_build
 prune dist
+prune .git
+prune .github
+prune .tox
 
 # Patterns to exclude from any directory
-global-exclude *.git*
-global-exclude *.tox*
 global-exclude *-checkpoint.ipynb
 
 # Exclude all bytecode
diff --git a/nengo/version.py b/nengo/version.py
index 55e44d36f9..054aa93267 100644
--- a/nengo/version.py
+++ b/nengo/version.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 """
 
 name = "nengo"
-version_info = (2, 7, 1)  # (major, minor, patch)
-dev = 0
+version_info = (2, 8, 0)  # (major, minor, patch)
+dev = None
 
 version = "{v}{dev}".format(v='.'.join(str(v) for v in version_info),
                             dev=('.dev%d' % dev) if dev is not None else '')