diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index afa4cc9be..ceeb4afad 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (1, 8, 'dev0')
+version_info = (1, 8)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))