diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9f986e068cbc67cec257a9e5f34036de736dbd34..2d67f34b4bb2aaef6c163a8b775e09911f13d1bd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dnl
 dnl When changing the major version number please also check the switch
 dnl statement in mysqlbinlog::check_master_version().  You may also need
 dnl to update version.c in ndb.
-AC_INIT([MySQL Server], [5.5.8-rc], [], [mysql])
+AC_INIT([MySQL Server], [5.5.8], [], [mysql])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([sql/mysqld.cc])
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM