diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd3db4ab47fb..7a18340deafa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## UNRELEASED
+## 1.8.0 (June 18, 2020)
 
 BREAKING CHANGES:
 * acl: Remove deprecated `acl_enforce_version_8` option [[GH-7991](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/7991)]
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index e3b92b831c33..4dde7c831434 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 )
 
 // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable
diff --git a/website/data/version.js b/website/data/version.js
index b7c3abc08229..5507b15a85af 100644
--- a/website/data/version.js
+++ b/website/data/version.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default '1.7.2'
+export default '1.8.0'