diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index e704ede..0f58b79 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
-Hyde is developed and maintained by `Lakshmi Vyasarajan`_. The new version of
-Hyde is sponsored by `Flowplayer`_ and `Tero Piirainen`_.
+Hyde is developed and maintained by `Lakshmi Vyasarajan`_. The new
+version of Hyde is sponsored by `Flowplayer`_ and `Tero Piirainen`_.
 
 This version would not exist without the contributions from the
 `original hyde project`_.
 
 Contributors
-===============================================================================
+======================================================================
+-   |shym|_
+
+    *   Fix various typos in documentation and code. (Issue #227)
+
+-   |maethor|_
+
+    *   Make username optional in SSH publisher. (Issue #222)
+
+-   |webmaster128|_
+
+    *   Bugfix: Add spaces to menu in ``starter`` layout. (Issue #219)
 
 -   |QuLogic|_
 
@@ -32,7 +43,8 @@ Contributors
 
 -   |herrlehmann|_
 
-    *   Bugfix: Fix date time comparison in git plugin. (Issue#142, #199, #137)
+    *   Bugfix: Fix date time comparison in git plugin.
+        (Issue#142, #199, #137)
 
 
 -   |rephorm|_
@@ -162,8 +174,7 @@ Contributors
 
 -   |merlinrebrovic|_
 
-    *   Hyde starter kit
-
+    *   Hyde starter kit creation and maintenance.
 
 -   |vincentbernat|_
 
@@ -267,4 +278,10 @@ Contributors
 .. |sirlantis| replace:: Marcel Jackwerth
 .. _sirlantis: https://github.com/sirlantis
 .. |QuLogic| replace:: Elliott Sales de Andrade
-.. _QuLogic: https://github.com/QuLogic
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _QuLogic: https://github.com/QuLogic
+.. |webmaster128| replace:: Simon Warta
+.. _webmaster128: https://github.com/webmaster128
+.. |maethor| replace:: Guillaume Subiron
+.. _maethor: https://github.com/maethor
+.. |shym| replace:: shym
+.. _shym: https://github.com/shym
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ffcdb0b..ff49777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 0.8.8-a1 (2013-08-19)
+Version 0.8.8 (2013-08-20)
 ===========================================================
 
 *   Bugfix: Fix smartypants to 1.7.x to avoid the breaking
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ Version 0.8.8-a1 (2013-08-19)
 *   Bugfix: Upgrade Jinja to 2.7.1 - this fixes
     mitsuhiko/jinja2#243.
 
+Thanks to @shym:
+*   Fix various typos in documentation and code. (Issue #227)
+
+Thanks to @maethor:
+*   Make username optional in SSH publisher. (Issue #222)
+
+Thanks to @merlinrebrovic:
+*   Refresh the starter layout: (Issue #220)
+
+    - Conform to changes from the newest Hyde version.
+    - Clean up Markdown and add explanations.
+    - Increase font sizes.
+    - Remove HTML5 shiv and hgroup element (deprecated).
+    - Other minor improvements.
+
+Thanks to @webmaster128:
+*   Bugfix: Add spaces to menu in ``starter`` layout. (Issue #219)
+
 Version 0.8.7 (2013-05-30)
 ============================================================
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 78e8cb4..4f04fcf 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 0.8.8-a1
+Version 0.8.8
 
 A brand new **hyde**
 ====================
diff --git a/hyde/version.py b/hyde/version.py
index 57bcf0e..de38a2f 100644
--- a/hyde/version.py
+++ b/hyde/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 """
 Handles hyde version.
 """
-__version__ = '0.8.8-a1'
+__version__ = '0.8.8'