diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 5ecdd04..29be8d4 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [bumpversion]
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)(\.(?P<patch>\d+))?(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
-serialize =
+serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{release}
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
 	{major}.{minor}
-current_version = 0.8.0-dev
+current_version = 0.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tag = True
 
 [bumpversion:part:release]
 optional_value = gamma
-values =
+values = 
 	dev
 	gamma
 
diff --git a/bust/_version.py b/bust/_version.py
index a484e4e..5879ee7 100644
--- a/bust/_version.py
+++ b/bust/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__VERSION__ = '0.8.0-dev'
\ No newline at end of file
+__VERSION__ = '0.8'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c25e163..cffc24a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name='bust',
-    version='0.8.0-dev',
+    version='0.8',
     packages=find_packages(),
     license='MIT',
     install_requires=[