diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 8a4cc53f..f3176479 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+towncrier 22.8.0 (2022-08-29)
+=============================
+
+No significant changes since the previous release candidate.
+
+
 towncrier 22.8.0.rc1 (2022-08-28)
 =================================
 
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_version.py b/src/towncrier/_version.py
index 4f9f7e6f..4a4bfe7e 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_version.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_version.py
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 from incremental import Version
 
 
-__version__ = Version("towncrier", 22, 8, 0, release_candidate=1)
+__version__ = Version("towncrier", 22, 8, 0)
 __all__ = ["__version__"]