diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1f31c83047d..08408491ddf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ allprojects {
 
 subprojects {
     group = 'org.megamek'
-    version = '0.47.8-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '0.47.8'
 }
 
 ext {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 114fbe4bd10..a49b9c973dd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 org.gradle.jvmArgs=-Dfile.encoding=utf-8
+org.gradle.java.home=C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_241
diff --git a/megamek/src/megamek/MegaMek.java b/megamek/src/megamek/MegaMek.java
index 3ff20823962..9cd970a32b2 100644
--- a/megamek/src/megamek/MegaMek.java
+++ b/megamek/src/megamek/MegaMek.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 public class MegaMek {
     private static MMLogger logger = null;
 
-    public static String VERSION = "0.47.8-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static String VERSION = "0.47.8";
     public static long TIMESTAMP = new File(PreferenceManager.getClientPreferences().getLogDirectory()
             + File.separator + "timestamp").lastModified();