diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f78cb79a..e9e6ecf7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 0.19.8
 
-*TBD*
+*June 4th, 2018*
 
 BREAKING:
 
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ BREAKING:
   encrypted. Technically a breaking change but seems no one was using it and
   arguably a bug fix :)
 
+BUG FIXES
+
+- [mempool] Fix deadlock under high load when `skip_timeout_commit=true` and
+  `create_empty_blocks=false`
+
 ## 0.19.7
 
 *May 31st, 2018*
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 1c0a639b7..a6ec6fba2 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const (
 var (
 	// Version is the current version of Tendermint
 	// Must be a string because scripts like dist.sh read this file.
-	Version = "0.19.8-dev"
+	Version = "0.19.8"
 
 	// GitCommit is the current HEAD set using ldflags.
 	GitCommit string