diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc
index 9e55c02..2410083 100644
--- a/doc/manual.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 The Ninja build system
 ======================
+v1.8.0, Sep 2017
 
 
 Introduction
diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
index 758af15..ad2d09f 100644
--- a/src/version.cc
+++ b/src/version.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.8.0.git";
+const char* kNinjaVersion = "1.8.0";
 
 void ParseVersion(const string& version, int* major, int* minor) {
   size_t end = version.find('.');