diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ed5292ebe6..61b16e1008 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ done
 : ${INSTALL_PROGRAM_STRIP:=${INSTALL} -m 755 -s}
 : ${INSTALL_MAN:=${INSTALL} -m 444}
 : ${INSTALL_LIB:=${INSTALL} -m 755 -c}
- PKGNAME='radare2' ; VERSION='2.8.0-git' ; CONTACT_MAIL="pancake@nopcode.org" ; CONTACT_NAME="pancake" ; CONTACT="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>" ;
+ PKGNAME='radare2' ; VERSION='2.8.0' ; CONTACT_MAIL="pancake@nopcode.org" ; CONTACT_NAME="pancake" ; CONTACT="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>" ;
 }
 
 show_usage() {
 cat <<EOF2
-'configure' configures radare2-2.8.0-git to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures radare2-2.8.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ take_environ() {
 }
 
 show_version() {
-echo "radare2-2.8.0-git configuration script done with acr v1.6.2.
+echo "radare2-2.8.0 configuration script done with acr v1.6.2.
 The 'Free Software Foundation' message is only for autodetection.
 Originally written by pancake <nopcode.org>."
 exit 0
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ case $flag in
 	show_version ; ;;
 -r|--r|--report)
 echo "PKGNAME:   radare2"
-echo "VERSION:   2.8.0-git"
+echo "VERSION:   2.8.0"
 echo "LANGS:     c"
 echo "REQUIRED:  libdl"
 echo "OPTIONAL:  libmagic libz libzip libxxhash libssl"
diff --git a/configure.acr b/configure.acr
index 01d97a2b2c..9fdb5fc699 100644
--- a/configure.acr
+++ b/configure.acr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKGNAME radare2
-VERSION 2.8.0-git
+VERSION 2.8.0
 CONTACT pancake ; pancake@nopcode.org
 
 LANG_C!