diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c73c79ce..cf8fbc13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TARGET_UNIX      ?= $(if $(filter UNIX,$(TARGET_OS)),$(HOST_UNIX),)
 
 # ============================================================================
 
-TYR_RELEASE := v0.8-pre
+TYR_RELEASE := v0.8
 TYR_GIT := $(shell git describe --dirty 2> /dev/null)
 TYR_VERSION := $(if $(TYR_GIT),$(TYR_GIT),$(TYR_RELEASE))
 TYR_VERSION_NUM ?= $(patsubst v%,%,$(TYR_VERSION))
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index e5a26f1b..a013a755 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Updated 2013-04-10
+Updated 2013-04-23
 
 ------------------
- Tyr-Utils (v0.7)
+ Tyr-Utils (v0.8)
 ------------------
   Website: http://disenchant.net
   Author:  Kevin Shanahan (AKA Tyrann)
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ Included utilities:
             and extract the textures to a .wad file.
 
 See the doc/ directory for more detailed descriptions of the various
-tools capabilities.
+tools capabilities.  See changelog.txt for a brief overview of recent
+changes or git://disenchant.net/tyrutils for the full changelog and
+source code.
 
 ---------
  License
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 9f8ec7f3..44aa1c99 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Unreleased
+2013-04-23 TyrUtils v0.8
 
 * qbsp: fixed surface edge corruption when using skip surfaces
 * qbsp: fixed portal generation for transparent water and detail nodes
 * qbsp: added "-noskip" option for troubleshooting skip related problems
 * light: reduce "no model has face ###" to a warning
 * vis: fix portal stack corruption in ClipStackWinding
-* bsputil: added a "--check" option to check internal data consistency
+* bsputil: added a "--check" option (beta!) to check internal data consistency
 
 2013-04-10 TyrUtils v0.7