diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 314967e9..61409253 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Changes in 0.8.X
+Changes in 0.8.0
 ================
 - Fixed update_one write concern (#302)
 - Updated minimum requirement for pymongo to 2.5
diff --git a/mongoengine/__init__.py b/mongoengine/__init__.py
index 6fe6d088..0a3ca247 100644
--- a/mongoengine/__init__.py
+++ b/mongoengine/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import django
 __all__ = (list(document.__all__) + fields.__all__ + connection.__all__ +
            list(queryset.__all__) + signals.__all__ + list(errors.__all__))
 
-VERSION = (0, 8, 0, '+')
+VERSION = (0, 8, 0, 'RC1')
 
 
 def get_version():
diff --git a/python-mongoengine.spec b/python-mongoengine.spec
index eaf478dc..33ea48c6 100644
--- a/python-mongoengine.spec
+++ b/python-mongoengine.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %define srcname mongoengine
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        0.7.10
+Version:        0.8.0.RC1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A Python Document-Object Mapper for working with MongoDB