diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5150c04..28f3313 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changelog
 current (2022-XX-XX)
 --------------------
 
+0.0.8 (2022-10-20)
+--------------------
+
 * Add conversion to translate oemetadata from v1.4 to v1.5
 * Add conversion option to OMIs CLI application
 * Add conversion additional script that converts oemetadata from v1.4 to v1.5 without using OMI. thanks to @chrwm
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68e2d65..1eebe94 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name="omi",
-    version="0.0.8a1",
+    version="0.0.8",
     license="AGPL-3.0",
     description="A library to process and translate open energy metadata.",
     long_description="%s\n%s"