diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74b80c7..655f9ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.8] - 2023-11-26
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 First release of the revised files
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/compare/v1.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/compare/v1.8...HEAD
+[1.8]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/releases/tag/v1.8
 [1.7]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/releases/tag/v1.7
 [1.6]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/releases/tag/v1.6
 [1.5]: https://github.com/gi-ev/LNI/releases/tag/v1.5
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d8439f..b8ab8bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # lni
 
-```plain
+```yaml
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 lni -- A class for submissions to the ``Lecture Notes in Informatics''
 (c) 2016-2023 Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)
-Version:    1.8BETA
+Version:    1.8
 Maintainer: Martin Sievers
 Email:      martin.sievers@schoenerpublizieren.de
 License:    Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later
diff --git a/lni.cls b/lni.cls
index 0df07f4..0fd9f73 100644
--- a/lni.cls
+++ b/lni.cls
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 %% --------| -----------------------------------------------------------------
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
 \ProvidesClass{lni}
-    [2023/11/06 v1.8BETA Official class for submissions to the ``Lecture Notes
+    [2023/11/26 v1.8 Official class for submissions to the ``Lecture Notes
     in Informatics'']
 \RequirePackage{iftex}\ifluatex\else\pdfoutput=1\fi%
 \def\@clearglobaloption#1{%
diff --git a/lni.dtx b/lni.dtx
index a53f7b4..399b886 100644
--- a/lni.dtx
+++ b/lni.dtx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ This work consists of the file  lni.dtx
 %<class>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01]
 %<class>\ProvidesClass{lni}
 %<*class>
-    [2023/11/06 v1.8BETA Official class for submissions to the ``Lecture Notes
+    [2023/11/26 v1.8 Official class for submissions to the ``Lecture Notes
     in Informatics'']
 %</class>
 %<*driver>
@@ -321,11 +321,6 @@ This work consists of the file  lni.dtx
 % and changes, which I tried to incorporate without changing the existing
 % mechanisms too much.
 %
-% This is the first public release. I would to thank especially
-% \href{https://github.com/koppor/}{Oliver Kopp} and
-% \href{https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/evis/team/stefan.strecker.shtml}{Stefan
-% Strecker} and his team for their suggestions and tests.
-%
 % There is an additional package
 % \href{https://github.com/gi-ev/biblatex-lni}{\pkg{biblatex-lni}} for an easy
 % way of getting a correctly formed bibliography. This package can be