diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 187d99a1..1b8d56b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package moveit_core
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+0.8.0 (2016-05-18)
+------------------
 * [feat] Added file and trajectory_msg to RobotState conversion functions `#267 <https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_core/issues/267>`_
 * [feat] Added setJointVelocity and setJointEffort functions `#261 <https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_core/issues/261>`_
 * [feat] KinematicsBase changes `#248 <https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_core/issues/248>`_
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 8c271f1a..17f2df4c 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <package>
   <name>moveit_core</name>
-  <version>0.6.15</version>
+  <version>0.8.0</version>
   <description>Core libraries used by MoveIt!</description>
   <author email="isucan@gmail.com">Ioan Sucan</author>
   <author email="robot.moveit@gmail.com">Sachin Chitta</author>