diff --git a/haiku/__init__.py b/haiku/__init__.py
index d21a1bd6b..30327f0e7 100644
--- a/haiku/__init__.py
+++ b/haiku/__init__.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 from haiku._src.typing import SupportsCall
 from haiku._src.utils import get_channel_index
 
-__version__ = "0.0.8.dev"
+__version__ = "0.0.8"
 
 __all__ = (
     "AvgPool",