diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index fd104f0a..27a081a6 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2015-05-21 CORE 4.8rc1
+2015-06-05 CORE 4.8
   * EMANE:
     - support for EMANE 0.9.2
     - run emane in each container when using EMANE 0.9.2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5568f934..dc5803e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 #
 # this defines the CORE version number, must be static for AC_INIT
 #
-AC_INIT(core, 4.8rc1, core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil)
+AC_INIT(core, 4.8, core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil)
 VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
 CORE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
-CORE_VERSION_DATE=20141010
+CORE_VERSION_DATE=20150605
 COREDPY_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
 
 #
diff --git a/packaging/deb/changelog b/packaging/deb/changelog
index e185faf2..1f9f83fe 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/changelog
+++ b/packaging/deb/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-core (4.8rc1-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
+core (4.8-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Support for NRL Network Modeling Framework (NMF) XML representation, bugfixes
 
- --  CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil>  Thu, 21 May 2015 10:37:10 -0700
+ --  CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil>  Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0700
 
 core (4.7-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in b/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
index ff79c00e..3ad71c69 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
+++ b/packaging/rpm/core.spec.in
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ sed -i 's/emane_realtime = True/emane_realtime = False/' /etc/core/core.conf
 %{_sbindir}/vnoded
 
 %changelog
-* Thu May 21 2015 CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil> - 4.8rc1
+* Thu Jun 5 2015 CORE Developers <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil> - 4.8
 - Support for NRL Network Modeling Framework (NMF) XML representation, bugfixes
 * Wed Aug 6 2014 Jeff Ahrenholz <core-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil> - 4.7
 - EMANE 0.9.1, asymmetric links, bugfixes