diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5a215dadd..4c2ef4a6d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.16.8 (2012/??/??)
+ver 0.16.8 (2012/04/04)
 * fix for libsamplerate assertion failure
 * decoder:
   - vorbis (and others): fix seeking at startup
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bbea25621..47f7291d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.8~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)