diff --git a/boot/version.go b/boot/version.go
index eaf970a..be6c26d 100644
--- a/boot/version.go
+++ b/boot/version.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
 	appMinor uint = 8
-	appPatch uint = 0
+	appPatch uint = 1
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	appPreRelease = "beta"
+	appPreRelease = ""
 )
 
 // appBuild is defined as a variable so it can be overridden during the build