diff --git a/docs/docsite/sphinx_conf/ansible_conf.py b/docs/docsite/sphinx_conf/ansible_conf.py
index 6f71660af59..23c587d30c0 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/sphinx_conf/ansible_conf.py
+++ b/docs/docsite/sphinx_conf/ansible_conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join('ansible', 'lib'))
 # the repository version needs to be the one that is loaded:
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'lib')))
 
-VERSION = 'devel'
+VERSION = '8'
 AUTHOR = 'Ansible, Inc'