diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index acfeb3b4c..afa2b3515 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0-beta2
\ No newline at end of file
+1.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qa-include/db/install.php b/qa-include/db/install.php
index da2c763a8..f7bd7d81b 100644
--- a/qa-include/db/install.php
+++ b/qa-include/db/install.php
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ function qa_db_upgrade_tables()
 				qa_db_upgrade_query($locktablesquery);
 				break;
 
-			// Up to here: Version 1.8 beta1
+			// Up to here: Version 1.8
 		}
 
 		qa_db_set_db_version($newversion);
diff --git a/qa-include/qa-base.php b/qa-include/qa-base.php
index 822e44b0e..7f80bc209 100644
--- a/qa-include/qa-base.php
+++ b/qa-include/qa-base.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 */
 
 
-define('QA_VERSION', '1.8.0-beta2'); // also used as suffix for .js and .css requests
-define('QA_BUILD_DATE', '2017-12-23');
+define('QA_VERSION', '1.8.0'); // also used as suffix for .js and .css requests
+define('QA_BUILD_DATE', '2018-01-30');
 
 
 /**