diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 042e351..98e6730 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Jan 10, 2015 - v0.8.0  Reduced number of steps required for writing
-    images.  Deprecated old read and write methods in favor of
-    array-style slicing.  Added ignore_pclr_cmap_cdef, verbose,
+Jan 08, 2015 - v0.8.0rc1  Reduced number of steps required for
+    writing images.  Deprecated old read and write methods in favor
+    of array-style slicing.  Added ignore_pclr_cmap_cdef, verbose,
     shape, codestream, layer properties.
 
 Oct 06, 2014 - v0.7.2  Added ellipsis support in array-style slicing.
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 76f96f6..c786810 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ copyright = u'2013, John Evans'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.0'
+release = '0.8.0rc1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/glymur/version.py b/glymur/version.py
index 4096ee5..8958a5e 100644
--- a/glymur/version.py
+++ b/glymur/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from .lib import openjpeg as opj, openjp2 as opj2
 
 # Do not change the format of this next line!  Doing so risks breaking
 # setup.py
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.0rc1"
 _sv = LooseVersion(version)
 version_tuple = _sv.version