diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7cd65a5..71f10e7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-2.8 (unreleased)
+2.8 (2013-02-13)
 ----------------
 
 - Update bootstrap.py (for both the grokproject buildout *and* the project
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 24bcedd..1e3ca0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='grokproject',
-    version='2.8.dev0',
+    version='2.8',
     author='Grok Team',
     author_email='grok-dev@zope.org',
     url='http://grok.zope.org',