diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6e4c73b7ea..147f1f5597 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ flex_min_version=2.5.4
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=rc1
+greek=
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"
diff --git a/docs/news/news-v3.x.rst b/docs/news/news-v3.x.rst
index c450463712..c18f2c65d8 100644
--- a/docs/news/news-v3.x.rst
+++ b/docs/news/news-v3.x.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ PRRTE v3.x series
 This file contains all the NEWS updates for the PRRTE v3.x
 series, in reverse chronological order.
 
-3.0.8 -- TBD
-------------
+3.0.8 -- 15 Dec 2024
+--------------------
+- PR #2103: Final update for release
+- PR #2102: Remove stale config .m4 files
 - PR #2100: Update NEWS and VERSION
 - PR #2099: maintain correct ref count of child jobs
 - PR #2097: Correctly parse map-by modifiers