diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57286dd..4588616 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [dev] (MM/DD/YYYY)
-
-### Added
+## [2.8.0] (07/23/2026)
 
 ### Changed
 * Migrated the build system from `setuptools` to `meson-python`, removing `setup.py` in favor of `meson.build` [gh-174](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/174)
diff --git a/mkl/_version.py b/mkl/_version.py
index 6ef56c4..892994a 100644
--- a/mkl/_version.py
+++ b/mkl/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.0dev0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"