diff --git a/README b/README
index 0fed1ae..0bc7e90 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SCM:		git://oss.oracle.com/git/fedfs-utils.git
 Bugzilla:	https://oss.oracle.com/bugzilla
 
 
-Release notes for fedfs-utils-0.8-devel
+Release notes for fedfs-utils-0.8.0-rc1
 
 
 Release Quality Statement
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 13f28a0..573d7d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([fedfs-utils], [0.8-devel], [fedfs-utils-devel@oss.oracle.com])
+AC_INIT([fedfs-utils], [0.8.0-rc1], [fedfs-utils-devel@oss.oracle.com])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])