diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
index e42c7416..4a306c23 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+    <release version="1.8" date="2005-06-05">
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGELOG-23">Determine default factory from connection - no need to configure for SCMs other than CVS.</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPCHANGELOG-49" due-to="Freddy Mallet">Add VSS support</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="fix" issue="MPCHANGELOG-25" due-to="Neil Palmer">Corrected link for viewcvs configured with muliple cvs repository.</action>