diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90512622b2..0d6f897d24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-## 0.12.8 (Unreleased)
+## 0.12.8 (September 04, 2019)
 
 NEW FEATURES:
-* lang/funcs: New `fileset` function, for finding static local files that match a glob pattern. [GH-22523]
+* lang/funcs: New `fileset` function, for finding static local files that match a glob pattern. ([#22523](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/22523))
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
-* remote-state/pg: add option to skip schema creation [GH-21607]
+* remote-state/pg: add option to skip schema creation ([#21607](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/21607))
 
 BUG FIXES:
-* command/console: use user-supplied `-plugin-dir` [GH-22616]
-* config: ensure sets are appropriately known for `for_each` [GH-22597]
+* command/console: use user-supplied `-plugin-dir` ([#22616](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/22616))
+* config: ensure sets are appropriately known for `for_each` ([#22597](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/22597))
 
 ## 0.12.7 (August 22, 2019)
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index f3db94a352..8802846e8f 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var Version = "0.12.8"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var Prerelease = "dev"
+var Prerelease = ""
 
 // SemVer is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a