diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80be62432a..ca4aca4884 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_MINOR "8")
 set(WRENCH_VERSION_PATCH "0")
-set(WRENCH_VERSION_EXTRA "dev")
+set(WRENCH_VERSION_EXTRA "")
 
 if (${WRENCH_VERSION_PATCH} EQUAL "0")
     set(WRENCH_RELEASE_VERSION "${WRENCH_VERSION_MAJOR}.${WRENCH_VERSION_MINOR}")
diff --git a/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h b/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
index 179df3694e..37252113fc 100644
--- a/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
+++ b/include/wrench/simulation/Version.h
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
  */
 
 namespace wrench {
-  #define WRENCH_VERSION_STRING "1.8-dev"
+  #define WRENCH_VERSION_STRING "1.8"
 }