diff --git a/fmskill/__init__.py b/fmskill/__init__.py
index 3eaaed3c7..a64f81d8b 100644
--- a/fmskill/__init__.py
+++ b/fmskill/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = "0.8.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
 if "64" not in architecture()[0]:
     raise Exception("This library has not been tested for a 32 bit system.")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b55ce73c8..e309fdf31 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="fmskill",
-    version="0.8.dev0",
+    version="0.8.0",
     install_requires=[
         "numpy",
         "pandas",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     """,
     author="Jesper Sandvig Mariegaard",
     author_email="jem@dhigroup.com",
-    description="Compare results from MIKE FM simulations with observations.",
+    description="Compare results from MIKE simulations with observations.",
     license="MIT",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",