diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index d347dfaa72a486666ea8cb37e2a3280657137015..43f69204a6c9fc01cd4a17f3531bfeb2d6ae0cd2 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 0e2e9800cb3efae30e4e9b4f341737bc7febd3b8..d62cddf84bfcc46103b28e6d28dfb94924a61632 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 7.1 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 8.0 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index 51d1dd63fd1de36d6003451f55972bc1990bfbb1..43dcd0abf1ed15ac62871902d91009cf756aaaa9 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "8.0rc1"
+#define VTM_VERSION "8.0"
 #endif