diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
index 90fcdf491d..f4dbef9194 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bigbluebutton-release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=2.3.0-alpha7
+BIGBLUEBUTTON_RELEASE=2.3.0-alpha8