diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f68ec413f0d58dceb212f0f15ddc7856e14d4786..0aee7e7e9451364425d3aa9d0041126b5f7e3076 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.8.0-rc42
+12.8.0