diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c702bbbe..04cadfd9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Salvium Zero v0.8.0-rc2
+# Salvium Zero v0.8.0
 
 Copyright (c) 2023-2024, Salvium
 Portions Copyright (c) 2014-2023, The Monero Project
diff --git a/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat b/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat
index 8ba5bc6e7..d48793c5e 100644
Binary files a/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat and b/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat differ
diff --git a/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp b/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
index 1f643e46a..e17c01eec 100644
--- a/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
+++ b/src/hardforks/hardforks.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const hardfork_t mainnet_hard_forks[] = {
   // version 4 starts from block 121100, which is on or around the 20th of December, 2024. Fork time finalised on 2024-12-19. No fork voting occurs for the v4 fork.
   { 4, 121800, 0, 1734607000 },
 
-  // version 5 starts from block 135500, which is on or around the 8th of January, 2025. Fork time finalised on 2025-01-07. No fork voting occurs for the v5 fork.
-  //{ 5, 135500, 0, 1736265945 },
+  // version 5 starts from block 136100, which is on or around the 9th of January, 2025. Fork time finalised on 2025-01-08. No fork voting occurs for the v5 fork.
+  { 5, 136100, 0, 1736265945 },
 };
 const size_t num_mainnet_hard_forks = sizeof(mainnet_hard_forks) / sizeof(mainnet_hard_forks[0]);
 const uint64_t mainnet_hard_fork_version_1_till = ((uint64_t)-1);
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index 51b1399cc..a5dd9d5ad 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION_TAG "@VERSIONTAG@"
-#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.8.0-rc2"
+#define DEF_SALVIUM_VERSION "0.8.0"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION_TAG "release"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION "0.18.3.3"
 #define DEF_MONERO_RELEASE_NAME "Zero"