diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 47873d549..962506940 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.squareup.leakcanary
-VERSION_NAME=3.0-alpha-8-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=3.0-alpha-8
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=LeakCanary
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2015
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 20814f83c..e41960eca 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 extra:
   leak_canary:
     release: '2.14'
-    next_release: '3.0-alpha-8'
+    next_release: '3.0-alpha-9'
   social:
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/github-alt
       link: https://square.github.io/