diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d13b8874..db9118a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ Python SemVer library
 All notable changes to this code base will be documented in this file,
 in every released version.
 
+Version 2.8.0
+=============
+:Released: 2018-05-16
+:Maintainer: Sébastien Celles <s.celles@gmail.com>
+
+* Issue #76 (PR #80). Remove Python 2.6 compatibility
+* Issue #79 (PR #81 #84). Define and improve a release procedure file
+* Issue #72 #73 (PR #75). Implements __str__ and __hash__
+* Issue #82 (PR #83). Rename test.py to test_semver.py so py.test can autodiscover test file
+
 Version 2.7.9
 =============
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 68410992..ce0b166c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Primary maintainers
 ===================
 
 * Kostiantyn Rybnikov <k-bx@k-bx.com>
+* Sébastien Celles <s.celles@gmail.com>
 
 
 Significant contributors
diff --git a/release-procedure.md b/release-procedure.md
index 53ab04a7..595b2f11 100644
--- a/release-procedure.md
+++ b/release-procedure.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-* Verify that `__version__` in [semver.py](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/semver.py) have been updated
+* Verify that latest build was passing https://travis-ci.org/k-bx/python-semver
+
+* Verify that `__version__` in [semver.py](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/semver.py) have been updated and follow https://semver.org/
+
 * Verify that [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/CHANGELOG) have been updated
+
+* If one or several supported Python versions have removed or add, verify that the 3 following files have been updated:
+  * [setup.py](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/setup.py)
+  * [tox.ini](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/tox.ini)
+  * [.travis.yml](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/.travis.yml)
+
+* Verify that doc reflecting new changes have been updated
+
+* Add eventually new contributor(s) to [CONTRIBUTORS](https://github.com/k-bx/python-semver/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS)
+
 * Tag commit and push to github using command line interface
 ```bash
 git tag -a x.x.x -m 'Version x.x.x'
@@ -14,3 +27,6 @@ git clean -xfd
 python setup.py register sdist bdist_wheel --universal
 twine upload dist/*
 ```
+
+* Go to https://pypi.org/project/semver/ to verify that new version is online and page is rendered correctly
+
diff --git a/semver.py b/semver.py
index ecebafd0..dfeb431d 100644
--- a/semver.py
+++ b/semver.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import re
 
 
-__version__ = '2.7.9'
+__version__ = '2.8.0'
 __author__ = 'Kostiantyn Rybnikov'
 __author_email__ = 'k-bx@k-bx.com'
+__maintainer__ = 'Sebastien Celles'
+__maintainer_email__ = "s.celles@gmail.com"
 
 _REGEX = re.compile(
         r"""