diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 2ad511b..3b98134 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-0.19.8
-------
+0.19.8 2024-10-25
+-----------------
 
 * Bugfix Fix missing check that caused the previous fix to raise an error. #366
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2cedbf2..0e06583 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "Quart"
-version = "0.19.8.dev"
+version = "0.19.8"
 description = "A Python ASGI web microframework with the same API as Flask"
 authors = ["pgjones <philip.graham.jones@googlemail.com>"]
 classifiers = [