diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 9e2f540c32602247af9582cb8e69abf9c1e96e0e..1abbd1a74840b084c001c8f067191b28f2d8fc43 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 = 18         // 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 = 18       // 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 c70c30943de8ae9c62e9341a9473205d69f5b980..0f5a453daa8f018d8a546ef763e06ccf749f6227 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 = 6          // 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 = 6        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.