diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 54c8899c..c488f612 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0~rc.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0~rc.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:38:48 +0100
+
+nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0~rc.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * [libnvidia-container] Add support for cgroupv2
   * Release toolkit-container images from nvidia-container-toolkit repository
 
- -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:56:49 +010
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:56:49 +0100
 
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.7.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index 4f5ad861..04c48731 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook
 /usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/oci-nvidia-hook.json
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 20 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.8.0-0.1.rc.2
+
 * Wed Dec 08 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.8.0-0.1.rc.1
 - [libnvidia-container] Add support for cgroupv2
 - Release toolkit-container images from nvidia-container-toolkit repository
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 5b0e74ee..34ae8570 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ else
 fi
 
 eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
+
+if [[ "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION}${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG:+~${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}}" != "${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION}" ]]; then
+    set +x
+    echo "The libnvidia-container and nvidia-container-toolkit versions do not match."
+    echo "lib: '${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION}'"
+    echo "toolkit: '${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION}${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG:+~${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG}}'"
+    set -x
+    [[ ${ALLOW_VERSION_MISMATCH} == "true" ]] || exit 1
+fi
+
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION
diff --git a/third_party/libnvidia-container b/third_party/libnvidia-container
index 0b7fa90c..b6f85bb4 160000
--- a/third_party/libnvidia-container
+++ b/third_party/libnvidia-container
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0b7fa90ce0721b010a5e80ecf53ceb43280a33b4
+Subproject commit b6f85bb45e23eae0447999501fe37c07877e9058
diff --git a/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime b/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
index e54e25d6..3588013b 160000
--- a/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
+++ b/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e54e25d6402da53cbb1c073d7a5d7f1e07d252a2
+Subproject commit 3588013b7d2a15783b3ca417b6f992197313ad5b
diff --git a/third_party/nvidia-docker b/third_party/nvidia-docker
index 9d1e4134..51d3c9e2 160000
--- a/third_party/nvidia-docker
+++ b/third_party/nvidia-docker
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9d1e41341776ffb58728adbe0f265d68f497e07d
+Subproject commit 51d3c9e22b2b891773ab9525eaf7b3ce1c014ab1
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 90e862d0..8a9e5086 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
 LIB_VERSION := 1.8.0
-LIB_TAG := rc.1
+LIB_TAG := rc.2
 
 # Specify the nvidia-docker2 and nvidia-container-runtime package versions
 NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION := 2.9.0