diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f5dcecbd9..5668d08ab 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.15.8 (2009/??/??)
+ver 0.15.8 (2010/01/17)
 * input:
   - curl: allow rewinding with Icy-Metadata
 * decoders:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ebb980090..25a23064d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.8~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.9 dist-bzip2])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)