diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 591f9831d7216..7cdd9d9745362 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ breaking changes, and mappings for the large list of deprecated functions.
 
 [Migration guide]: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/tree/master/doc/man7/migration_guide.pod
 
-### Changes between 3.0.7 and 3.0.8 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.0.7 and 3.0.8 [7 Feb 2023]
 
  * Fixed NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification.
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6493d94877936..36dbfa72f6d56 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.0
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.0.7 and OpenSSL 3.0.8 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.0.7 and OpenSSL 3.0.8 [7 Feb 2023]
 
   * Fixed NULL dereference during PKCS7 data verification ([CVE-2023-0401])
   * Fixed X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName ([CVE-2023-0286])
diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 0e3d8ec459ac8..375a0de7e1284 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=8
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE="1 Nov 2022"
+RELEASE_DATE="7 Feb 2023"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3