diff --git a/bin/snippy b/bin/snippy
index f4b75fe..e4b4f85 100755
--- a/bin/snippy
+++ b/bin/snippy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Bio::Tools::GFF;
 
 my $EXE = $FindBin::RealScript;
 my $BINDIR = $FindBin::RealBin;
-my $VERSION = "2.8-dev";
+my $VERSION = "2.8";
 my $SYNOPSIS = "fast bacterial variant calling from NGS reads";
 my $AUTHOR = 'Torsten Seemann <torsten.seemann@gmail.com>';
 my $URL = 'https://github.com/tseemann/snippy';