diff --git a/composer/Metapackage/CoreRecommended/composer.json b/composer/Metapackage/CoreRecommended/composer.json
index 755b7fe691723abcd270bef0bdceb8b5318ad5fc..55ca7579cb78bbd3dcba10530ff3b96c09a916ed 100644
--- a/composer/Metapackage/CoreRecommended/composer.json
+++ b/composer/Metapackage/CoreRecommended/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         "webflo/drupal-core-strict": "*"
     },
     "require": {
-        "drupal/core": "8.8.x-dev",
+        "drupal/core": "8.8.0",
         "asm89/stack-cors": "1.2.0",
         "composer/installers": "v1.7.0",
         "composer/semver": "1.5.0",
diff --git a/composer/Metapackage/PinnedDevDependencies/composer.json b/composer/Metapackage/PinnedDevDependencies/composer.json
index 959b64d6db6885cde2c19b877aa65241e72cfc82..4d74ebf6baad2aa2c379e39644f14692f630ea00 100644
--- a/composer/Metapackage/PinnedDevDependencies/composer.json
+++ b/composer/Metapackage/PinnedDevDependencies/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         "webflo/drupal-core-require-dev": "*"
     },
     "require": {
-        "drupal/core": "8.8.x-dev",
+        "drupal/core": "8.8.0",
         "behat/mink": "1.8.0 | 1.7.1.1 | 1.7.x-dev",
         "behat/mink-browserkit-driver": "1.3.3",
         "behat/mink-goutte-driver": "v1.2.1",
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal.php b/core/lib/Drupal.php
index a2cfe2d0dbc0a106bccb06de3719bef6a4e2370d..c8465138c2e7c1b59074c6466cd02fe8185f7369 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Drupal {
   /**
    * The current system version.
    */
-  const VERSION = '8.8.0-dev';
+  const VERSION = '8.8.0';
 
   /**
    * Core API compatibility.