diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d9633bb12..9f1e34599 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 8.0devel.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 8.0.0.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Citus'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='citus'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='8.0devel'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 8.0devel'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='8.0.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 8.0.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Citus 8.0devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Citus 8.0.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 8.0devel:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 8.0.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Citus configure 8.0devel
+Citus configure 8.0.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Citus $as_me 8.0devel, which was
+It was created by Citus $as_me 8.0.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4701,7 +4701,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Citus $as_me 8.0devel, which was
+This file was extended by Citus $as_me 8.0.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4763,7 +4763,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Citus config.status 8.0devel
+Citus config.status 8.0.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fb8576852..4cb5a92b1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # everyone needing autoconf installed, the resulting files are checked
 # into the SCM.
 
-AC_INIT([Citus], [8.0devel])
+AC_INIT([Citus], [8.0.0])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 2012-2017, Citus Data, Inc.])
 
 # we'll need sed and awk for some of the version commands
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index b191afe2e..66458d577 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.0-8';
 SHOW citus.version;
  citus.version 
 ---------------
- 8.0devel
+ 8.0.0
 (1 row)
 
 -- ensure no objects were created outside pg_catalog
diff --git a/windows/include/citus_version.h b/windows/include/citus_version.h
index 01e97ad9e..16640224f 100644
--- a/windows/include/citus_version.h
+++ b/windows/include/citus_version.h
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 #define CITUS_MAJORVERSION "8.0"
 
 /* Citus version as a string */
-#define CITUS_VERSION "8.0devel"
+#define CITUS_VERSION "8.0.0"
 
 /* Citus version as a number */
 #define CITUS_VERSION_NUM 80000
 
 /* A string containing the version number, platform, and C compiler */
-#define CITUS_VERSION_STR "Citus 8.0devel on x86_64-windows, compiled by Visual Studio"
+#define CITUS_VERSION_STR "Citus 8.0.0 on x86_64-windows, compiled by Visual Studio"
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `curl' library (-lcurl). */
 #define HAVE_LIBCURL 0