diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e78907f1..dcffc323 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.0.8.dev0
+2.0.8
  * #1114: Document systemd configuration changes for the ZFS filesystem hook.
  * #1116: Add dumping of database containers via their container names, handy for backing up
    database containers from the host. See the documentation for more information:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d51ce6f..a0070267 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "borgmatic"
-version = "2.0.8.dev0"
+version = "2.0.8"
 authors = [
   { name="Dan Helfman", email="witten@torsion.org" },
 ]