diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 9fb1210..a3df0a6 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0-alpha2-dev
+0.8.0
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 851a918..bc6614d 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# Changes in HEAD
+# Changes in 0.8.0
+
+This is a stable bugfix and feature release.  Major new features and changes include:
 
 
 ## Changes fixed as part of the switch to zle-line-pre-redraw