diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7021d57651c1e7f6c4067d4bf08c46fbf69074e6..2ff6bbfb5a2c16e69c766e9d66b13d798e5e6b52 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ For functions not available in the current MediaWiki, a ``MediaWikiVersionError`
 
 This framework was written by Bryan Tong Minh, who maintained the project until
 version 0.6.5, released on 6 May 2011. The current stable
-`version 0.7.2 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.7.2.zip>`_
-was released on 18 July 2015, and is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
+`version 0.8.0 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.0.zip>`_
+was released on 10 January 2016, and is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index bd9fe338b66f0a59d86ee54eaf988f0f71ff9b8e..a9d558062781509bc2998e40d4c6d9d931a6a774 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 # Release Notes for mwclient
 
+## Changes in version 0.8.1
+
+This is the development version of mwclient.
+
+* *No changes yet*
 
 ## Changes in version 0.8.0
 
-This is the development version of mwclient.
+Mwclient 0.8.0 was released on 10 January 2016.
 
 Upgrade notices / breaking changes:
 
diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index 61c7168d1fba087b3853927b0b4d56dce34523c0..90729edaabd00ef775b1f7791869de2ecccb54c8 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     gzip = None
 
-__ver__ = '0.8.0.dev1'
+__ver__ = '0.8.0'
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88ca509c8697cf9716bb825f48d20109a2dcf9f2..86be4b4ded74b82085b9b09f898db08dcb18f7e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     requirements.append('ordereddict')
 
 setup(name='mwclient',
-      version='0.8.0.dev1',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
+      version='0.8.0',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
       description='MediaWiki API client',
       long_description=README,
       classifiers=[
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ setup(name='mwclient',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4'
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5'
       ],
       keywords='mediawiki wikipedia',
       author='Bryan Tong Minh',