diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index d9b932e..6d21b23 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*** ANNOUNCE: SWIG 3.0.8 (in progress) ***
+*** ANNOUNCE: SWIG 3.0.8 (31 Dec 2015) ***
 
 http://www.swig.org
 
diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 983fd2e..68a301d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 See the CHANGES file for changes in older releases.
 See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 
-Version 3.0.8 (in progress)
+Version 3.0.8 (31 Dec 2015)
 ===========================
 
 2015-12-30: wsfulton
diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Sections.html b/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
index e2615c3..f0cfd15 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/Sections.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <H1><a name="Sections">SWIG-3.0 Documentation</a></H1>
 
 <p>
-Last update : SWIG-3.0.8 (in progress)
+Last update : SWIG-3.0.8 (31 Dec 2015)
 </p>
 
 <H2><a name="Sections_Sections">Sections</a></H2>
diff --git a/README b/README
index e3f15e4..86c4fef 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
 
-Version: 3.0.8 (in progress)
+Version: 3.0.8 (31 Dec 2015)
 
 Tagline: SWIG is a compiler that integrates C and C++ with languages
          including Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, PHP, Java, C#, D, Go, Lua,
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES b/RELEASENOTES
index 895caa2..3f08074 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES
+++ b/RELEASENOTES
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 Detailed release notes are available with the release and are also
 published on the SWIG web site at http://swig.org/release.html.
 
+SWIG-3.0.8 summary:
+- pdf documentation enhancements.
+- Various Python 3.5 issues fixed.
+- std::array support added for Ruby and Python.
+- shared_ptr support added for Ruby.
+- Minor improvements for CFFI, Go, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby.
+
 SWIG-3.0.7 summary:
 - Add support for Octave-4.0.0.
 - Remove potential Android security exploit in generated Java classes.