diff --git a/META b/META
index ecebf855f9..74342ed5ed 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Meta:          1
 Name:          zfs
 Branch:        1.0
 Version:       2.1.0
-Release:       rc7
+Release:       rc8
 Release-Tags:  relext
 License:       CDDL
 Author:        OpenZFS