diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4464210c4..2ecae9e1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
-Release 1.8.4 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 1.8.4 (released Feb 03, 2019)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
+
 * #3707: latex: no bold checkmark (✔) available.
 * #5605: with the documentation language set to Chinese, English words could not
   be searched.
@@ -37,9 +26,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5995: autodoc: autodoc_mock_imports conflict with metaclass on Python 3.7
 * #5871: texinfo: a section title ``.`` is not allowed
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 1.8.3 (released Dec 26, 2018)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 52b8d40a3..a1442f208 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '1.8.4+'
+__version__ = '1.8.4'
 __released__ = '1.8.4'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ __released__ = '1.8.4'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (1, 8, 4, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (1, 8, 4, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))