diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 34a6d0bbea..1b299d55a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_define([year_version], [2018])
 m4_define([release_version], [2])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
-is_release_build=no
+is_release_build=yes
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 468fbc5002..46ad280cf5 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 ***/
 
 /* Add new symbols here.  Release commits should copy this section into -released.sym. */
-LIBOSTREE_2018.2 {
-  ostree_commit_get_content_checksum;
-} LIBOSTREE_2018.1;
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the last number.  This is just a copy/paste
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index 51cd31a1e1..6f86ddcd0f 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ LIBOSTREE_2017.15 {
 LIBOSTREE_2018.1 {
 } LIBOSTREE_2017.15;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2018.2 {
+  ostree_commit_get_content_checksum;
+} LIBOSTREE_2018.1;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 18bd085dd1..ffea248207 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-e880ade1f3b4cc7587dc1a7a30059ab1d5287484ee70843f1bb4f258fbec677c  ${released_syms}
+6f8beb8ec59190c74368b7f2b1aca7a382c9e4b1763b724037932f73ba6b29cd  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt