1.8 version bump and changelog date (#3438)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9b9e10e..363025b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
Changelog
=========
-1.8 - `master`_
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
+1.8 - 2017-03-09
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Added support for Python 3.6.
* Windows and macOS wheels now link against OpenSSL 1.1.0.
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index e3e2907..7da4a52 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
" and primitives to Python developers.")
__uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
-__version__ = "1.8.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.8"
__author__ = "The cryptography developers"
__email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
index 8234dd4..3993b00 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
__uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
-__version__ = "1.8.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.8"
__author__ = "The cryptography developers"
__email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"