diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc5bc570ee..e573c42109 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### 1.8.0 (Next)
+### 1.8.0 (2023/08/30)
 
 #### Features
 
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 * [#2341](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2341): Stop yielding skip value - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2342](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2342): Allow specifying a handler for grape_exceptions - [@mscrivo](https://github.com/mscrivo).
 * [#2338](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2338): Fix unknown validator when using requires/optional with entity - [@mscrivo](https://github.com/mscrivo).
-* Your contribution here.
 
 #### Fixes
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 * [#2328](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2328): Don't cache Class.instance_methods - [@byroot](https://github.com/byroot).
 * [#2337](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2337): Fix: allow custom validators that do not end with _validator - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2346](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2346): Adjust test expectations to conform to rack 3 - [@kbarrette](https://github.com/kbarrette).
-* Your contribution here.
 
 ## 1.7.1 (2023/05/14)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e7c370fbc..f4c437be73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,10 +159,8 @@ content negotiation, versioning and much more.
 
 ## Stable Release
 
-You're reading the documentation for the next release of Grape, which should be **1.8.0**.
+You're reading the documentation for the stable release of Grape, **1.8.0**.
 Please read [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) when upgrading from a previous version.
-The current stable release is [1.7.1](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/blob/v1.7.1/README.md).
-
 
 ## Project Resources
 
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index d16d6ffa4f..9774d9f52e 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Remove the line with "Your contribution here.", since there will be no more cont
 Commit your changes.
 
 ```
-git add README.md CHANGELOG.md lib/grape/version.rb
+git add README.md CHANGELOG.md
 git commit -m "Preparing for release, 0.6.0."
 git push origin master
 ```