diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index bd125e92..1467bf6c 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0~rc.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
- * Placeholder for 1.8.0-rc.3 release
+ * Promote 1.8.0~rc.2-1 to 1.8.0-1
 
- -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:42:18 +0100
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:04:39 +0100
 
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.8.0~rc.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index 3f2477b6..715f5179 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook
 /usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/oci-nvidia-hook.json
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Feb 02 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.8.0-0.1.rc.3
-- Placeholder for 1.8.0-rc.3 release
+* Fri Feb 04 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.8.0-0.1.rc.3
+- Promote 1.8.0-0.1.rc.2 to 1.8.0-1
 
 * Thu Jan 20 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.8.0-0.1.rc.2
 - Remove support for building amazonlinux1 packages
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index db7b504b..cc066462 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
 LIB_VERSION := 1.8.0
-LIB_TAG := rc.3
+LIB_TAG :=
 
 # Specify the nvidia-docker2 and nvidia-container-runtime package versions
 NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION := 2.9.0