diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a743c427b32a4a1fd41a15651436ca4ab6d03edc..aa49de1188be1381195c476382354a59d49c7af0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
 ---------------------
-0.8.0.dev0
+0.8.0 (2017-09-21)
 ---------------------
 
 * Support new features in Galaxy job running/scripting so that Pulsar respects
diff --git a/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar/__init__.py
index 68b81e4022455f1e90a7fe28b837dbd028b2df8d..c92fa8cd47f06cb773957f2a734110d8622eeac7 100644
--- a/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.8.0'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "pulsar"
 PROJECT_OWNER = PROJECT_USERAME = "galaxyproject"