diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa7ebd9..73f9523 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.8.0 - 2026-07-07
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3f4178..1709dda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,75 +9,19 @@
 
 [pugixml](http://pugixml.org/) is a light-weight C++ XML processing library. It features:
 
-- DOM-like interface with rich traversal/modification capabilities
-- [Extremely fast](https://pugixml.org/benchmark.html) non-validating XML parser which constructs the DOM tree from an XML file/buffer
-- XPath 1.0 implementation for complex data-driven tree queries
-- Full Unicode support with Unicode interface variants and automatic encoding conversions
+> - DOM-like interface with rich traversal/modification capabilities
+> - [Extremely fast](https://pugixml.org/benchmark.html) non-validating XML parser which constructs the DOM tree from > an XML file/buffer
+> - XPath 1.0 implementation for complex data-driven tree queries
+> - Full Unicode support with Unicode interface variants and automatic encoding conversions
 
 ## Documentation
 
 - pugixml-python
   - [API Reference](https://miute.github.io/pugixml-python/)
 - pugixml
-  - [Quick-start guide](https://pugixml.org/docs/quickstart.html)
+  - [Quick start guide](https://pugixml.org/docs/quickstart.html)
   - [Reference manual](https://pugixml.org/docs/manual.html)
 
-## Example
-
-Loading XML document from file:
-
-```python
-from pugixml import pugi
-doc = pugi.XMLDocument()
-result = doc.load_file('xgconsole.xml')
-if not result:
-    print('parse error: status=%r description=%r' % (result.status, result.description()))
-```
-
-Searching for nodes/attributes with predicates:
-
-```python
-tools = doc.child('Profile').child('Tools')
-
-# Find child via predicate (looks for direct children only)
-node = tools.find_child(lambda x: x.attribute('AllowRemote').as_bool())
-print(node.attribute('Filename').value())
-
-# Find node via predicate (looks for all descendants in depth-first order)
-node = doc.find_node(lambda x: x.attribute('AllowRemote').as_bool())
-print(node.attribute('Filename').value())
-
-# Find attribute via predicate
-attr = tools.last_child().find_attribute(lambda x: x.name() == 'AllowRemote')
-print(attr.value())
-```
-
-Selecting nodes via XPath expression:
-
-```python
-tools = doc.select_nodes('/Profile/Tools/Tool[@AllowRemote="true" and @DeriveCaptionFrom="lastparam"]')
-for tool in tools:
-    print(tool.node().attribute('Filename').value())
-```
-
-Using query objects and variables:
-
-```python
-varset = pugi.XPathVariableSet()
-var = varset.add('remote', pugi.XPATH_TYPE_BOOLEAN)
-query_remote_tools = pugi.XPathQuery('/Profile/Tools/Tool[@AllowRemote = string($remote)]', varset)
-
-var.set(True)
-tools_remote = query_remote_tools.evaluate_node_set(doc)
-for tool in tools_remote:
-    tool.node().print(pugi.PrintWriter())
-
-var.set(False)
-tools_local = query_remote_tools.evaluate_node_set(doc)
-for tool in tools_local:
-    tool.node().print(pugi.PrintWriter())
-```
-
 ## Installation
 
 ### Installing a package from PyPI
@@ -89,7 +33,7 @@ pip install pugixml
 ### Building a package from source
 
 - Requirements:
-  - C++17 compatible compiler (see [supported compilers](https://github.com/pybind/pybind11#supported-compilers))
+  - C++17 compatible compiler (see [supported compilers](https://github.com/pybind/pybind11#supported-platforms--compilers))
   - [CMake](https://cmake.org/) ≥ 3.15
 
 - Installing a package from PyPI:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a81652d..8efece3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pugixml"
-version = "0.8.0.dev2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 description = "Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser with XPath support"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 98b3fbb..f0c5dd0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pugixml"
-version = "0.8.0.dev2"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -824,11 +824,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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+version = "4.16.0"
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