diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index eb1d403..a902382 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## XMLUnit.NET 2.8.0 - /nor released, yet/
+## XMLUnit.NET 2.8.0 - /Released 2020-05-12/
 
 This version contains a backwards incompatible change to the
 `IPlaceholderHandler` interface that is part of the experimental
diff --git a/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml b/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
index 171fb40..02efe33 100644
--- a/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
+++ b/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
       under <format type="text/html"><a href="https://github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit.net/blob/master/LICENSE">the
       Apache License, Version 2.0</a></format>.</para></Remarks>
   <Copyright></Copyright>
-  <Title>XMLUnit.NET 2.8.0-alpha-01</Title>
+  <Title>XMLUnit.NET 2.8.0</Title>
 </Overview>
diff --git a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
index f55e9d1..9a71f58 100644
--- a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Org.XmlUnit
     internal static class XmlUnitVersion
     {
         internal const string ApiVersion = "2.8.0";
-        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".179";
-        internal const string Version = ApiVersion + "-alpha-01";
+        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".198";
+        internal const string Version = ApiVersion + "";
     } 
 }