diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index bfa65bf..cb45ad3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog for Isso
 ==================
 
-0.9.8 (unreleased)
+0.9.8 (2014-10-08)
 ------------------
 
 - add compatibility with configparser==3.5.0b1, #128
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6da1df..c2e04d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='isso',
-    version='0.9.8.dev0',
+    version='0.9.8',
     author='Martin Zimmermann',
     author_email='info@posativ.org',
     packages=find_packages(),