diff --git a/pykafka/__init__.py b/pykafka/__init__.py
index 4609ae695..3b780e82b 100644
--- a/pykafka/__init__.py
+++ b/pykafka/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .managedbalancedconsumer import ManagedBalancedConsumer
 from .membershipprotocol import RangeProtocol, RoundRobinProtocol
 
-__version__ = '2.8.0-dev.5'
+__version__ = '2.8.0'
 
 
 __all__ = ["Broker", "SimpleConsumer", "Cluster", "Partition", "Producer",