diff --git a/acrn-hypervisor.spec b/acrn-hypervisor.spec
index 0e4a9fd..ec7c0df 100644
--- a/acrn-hypervisor.spec
+++ b/acrn-hypervisor.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 Name     : acrn-hypervisor
 Version  : 0.1.rc4
-Release  : 7
+Release  : 8
 URL      : https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/archive/v0.1-rc4.tar.gz
 Source0  : https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/archive/v0.1-rc4.tar.gz
 Summary  : No detailed summary available
diff --git a/release b/release
index 7f8f011..45a4fb7 100644
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8