diff --git a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/gradle.properties b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/gradle.properties
index 06276c8..2523e46 100644
--- a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/gradle.properties
+++ b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = 2.7.1
+version = 2.8.0
diff --git a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/CHANGELOG.txt b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/CHANGELOG.txt
index ab09a0f..1de98d4 100644
--- a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 retorte laboratories (retorte.ch) IntervalMusicCompositor change log
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2017-09-xx  2.8.0 (not released)
+2017-09-03  2.8.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ADD  #27    Introduced persistent user settings.
 ADD  #26    Introduced new version check on application startup.
diff --git a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/imc.properties b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/imc.properties
index 11a5c6b..fe01531 100644
--- a/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/imc.properties
+++ b/intervalmusiccompositor.app/src/main/resources/imc.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # General program settings
 imc.name = Interval Music Compositor
-imc.version = 2.7.1
+imc.version = 2.8.0