diff --git a/esrally/_version.py b/esrally/_version.py
index 92e5589bc..892994aa6 100644
--- a/esrally/_version.py
+++ b/esrally/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.8.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "2.8.0"