diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e4c0177a..2f70816b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
 # Project name
 project(gqrx)
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR "2")
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR "7")
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR "8")
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH "0")
 ##set(VERSION "${${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH}")
-##set(VERSION "${${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR}")
-##add_definitions(-DVERSION="${VERSION}")
+set(VERSION "${${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR}")
+add_definitions(-DVERSION="${VERSION}")
 
 # development version
 execute_process(
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ execute_process(
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GITVERSION
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 )
-add_definitions(-DVERSION="${GITVERSION}")
+##add_definitions(-DVERSION="${GITVERSION}")
 
 set(PACKAGE ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
diff --git a/gqrx.pro b/gqrx.pro
index a3af1fe2f..3d8c86d16 100644
--- a/gqrx.pro
+++ b/gqrx.pro
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
     #QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEBUG += '-g -O0'
 
     # Define version string (see below for releases)
-    VER = $$system(git describe --abbrev=8)
-    ##VER = 2.6
+    ##VER = $$system(git describe --abbrev=8)
+    VER = 2.8
 
 } else {
     DEFINES += QT_NO_DEBUG
     DEFINES += QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
-    VER = $$system(git describe --abbrev=1)
-    ##VER = 2.6
+    ##VER = $$system(git describe --abbrev=1)
+    VER = 2.8
 
     # Release binaries with gr bundled
     # QMAKE_RPATH & co won't work with origin