diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4c1a1df..965713c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 0.8.0 (in development)
+## Version 0.8.0 (from 2024-10-04)
 
 * Added module `zappend.contrib` that contributes functions to 
   zappend's core functionality.
diff --git a/zappend/__init__.py b/zappend/__init__.py
index a64ae45..45db428 100644
--- a/zappend/__init__.py
+++ b/zappend/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Permissions are hereby granted under the terms of the MIT License:
 # https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"