diff --git a/jupyter_server/_version.py b/jupyter_server/_version.py
index 763fa3c5c3..ec83a0f483 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/_version.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/_version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import re
 
 # Version string must appear intact for tbump versioning
-__version__ = '1.8.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
 
 # Build up version_info tuple for backwards compatibility
 pattern = r'(?P<major>\d+).(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)(?P<rest>.*)'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ed9259534d..3402f5d74c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ignore = ["tbump.toml", ".*", "*.yml", "package-lock.json", "bootstrap*"]
 norecursedirs = "examples/*"
 
 [tool.tbump.version]
-current = "1.8.0.dev0"
+current = "1.8.0"
 regex = '''
   (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
   ((?P<channel>a|b|rc|.dev)(?P<release>\d+))?