diff --git a/doc/development/changes/latest.rst b/doc/development/changes/1.8.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from doc/development/changes/latest.rst
rename to doc/development/changes/1.8.rst
diff --git a/doc/development/changes/index.rst b/doc/development/changes/index.rst
index d1c9f7dc3..db9260262 100644
--- a/doc/development/changes/index.rst
+++ b/doc/development/changes/index.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 .. toctree::
     :titlesonly:
 
-    latest.rst
+    1.8.rst
     1.7.rst
     1.6.rst
     1.5.rst
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 92d98a304..e1e63ffd6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ maintainers = [
 name = 'mne_lsl'
 readme = 'README.md'
 requires-python = '>=3.10'
-version = '1.8.0.dev0'
+version = '1.8.0'
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 all = [