diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index e87d7dc35c89176d3ea2b15cd5935248e0f7b9c9..4cacf8565e7a76a36e5215274b34a01be783c55b 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 17         // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 17       // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.
diff --git a/swarm/version/version.go b/swarm/version/version.go
index e2804b9756f3df81dd7558b39b2caf16fbe9884a..9fa1daad165c89c7dc2212e7c0407ac612a846c5 100644
--- a/swarm/version/version.go
+++ b/swarm/version/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 0          // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 3          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 5          // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 0        // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 3        // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 5        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.