diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 099fc9d..5a35ae9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Change Log
 All notable changes in libConfuse are documented in this file.
 
 
-[v2.8][] - [UNRELEASED]
------------------------
+[v2.8][] - 2015-10-14
+---------------------
 
 ### Changes
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ All notable changes in libConfuse are documented in this file.
 * Coding style cleanup by J.J. Green
 * Fix issue #27: searchpath free problems.  Fix to new feature
   introduced in this release cycle.
+* Improved support for MSYS2 by David Grayson.
 
 
 [v2.7][] - 2010-02-20
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ v1.2.2 - 2002-11-27
 * updated the manual
 
 
-[UNRELEASED]: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/compare/v2.7...HEAD
+[UNRELEASED]: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/compare/v2.8...HEAD
 [v2.8]: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/compare/v2.7...v2.8
 [v2.7]: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/compare/v2.6...v2.7
 [v2.6]: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/compare/v2.5...v2.6
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a838dc..190b394 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with -*- autoconf -*- to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
-AC_INIT(libConfuse, 2.8-beta1, https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues, confuse)
+AC_INIT(libConfuse, 2.8, https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues, confuse)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(support)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-xz])
diff --git a/windows/mingw/config.h b/windows/mingw/config.h
index 03c28bd..3971f46 100644
--- a/windows/mingw/config.h
+++ b/windows/mingw/config.h
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "libConfuse"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "libConfuse 2.8-beta1"
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "libConfuse 2.8"
 
 /* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "confuse"
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.8-beta1"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.8"
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
 #define STDC_HEADERS 1
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "2.8-beta1"
+#define VERSION "2.8"
 
 /* Define to 1 if `lex' declares `yytext' as a `char *' by default, not a
    `char[]'. */