diff --git a/datasette/version.py b/datasette/version.py
index 75d44727..e43b9918 100644
--- a/datasette/version.py
+++ b/datasette/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "1.0a8.dev1"
+__version__ = "1.0a8"
 __version_info__ = tuple(__version__.split("."))