diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfe088536..381e5cb5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.0
+
+*December 10th, 2018*
+
+- Upgrade tendermint to v0.27.0-dev1
+
 
 ## 0.8.0-rc0
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index fbb3daaf9..daa3ed502 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version - Iris Version
-const Version = "0.8.0-rc0"
+const Version = "0.8.0"
 
 // GitCommit set by build flags
 var GitCommit = ""