diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 671a7a213..d9f1e0946 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
 dnl should be "yes" only within the released distribution
-ISRELEASED="no"
+ISRELEASED="yes"
 if test $ISRELEASED = "no"; then
 	RELDATELONG=""
 	RELDATESHORT=""
diff --git a/utils/fvwm-version-str.sh b/utils/fvwm-version-str.sh
index decb8b68f..7ebbe2d61 100755
--- a/utils/fvwm-version-str.sh
+++ b/utils/fvwm-version-str.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 if grep -q -i '^ISRELEASED="yes"' ./configure.ac; then
 	# A release build.  Strip the git information off the tag name.
-	git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "2.6.7"
+	git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "2.6.8"
 else
 	git describe --always --long --dirty
 fi