diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c258ea798cc..e787506da9c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ creating a new release entry be sure to copy & paste the span tag with the
 updated. Only the first match gets replaced, so it's fine to leave the old
 ones in. -->
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-## __cylc-8.0rc2 (<span actions:bind='release-date'>Upcoming</span>)__
+## __cylc-8.0rc2 (<span actions:bind='release-date'>Released 2022-03-23</span>)__
 
 Second Release Candidate for Cylc 8 suitable for acceptance testing.
 
diff --git a/cylc/flow/__init__.py b/cylc/flow/__init__.py
index 39cb04240e9..80447cabb4a 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/__init__.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def environ_init():
 
 environ_init()
 
-__version__ = '8.0rc2.dev'
+__version__ = '8.0rc2'
 
 
 def iter_entry_points(entry_point_name):