diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1be8da02e..7324b4f13 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 pydal changelog
 ===============
 
+Version 16.08
+-------------
+
+Released on August 13th 2016
+
+- Various bugfixes
+
+
 Version 16.07
 -------------
 
diff --git a/pydal/__init__.py b/pydal/__init__.py
index 66ce83106..53dbc08ea 100644
--- a/pydal/__init__.py
+++ b/pydal/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '16.08-dev'
+__version__ = '16.08'
 
 from .base import DAL
 from .objects import Field