diff --git a/site.mk b/site.mk
index be9a196343e81865f395b7d2b71ce0a6785c8789..6845ea48c63a5bb3d96b4249568155f5b40a9488 100644
--- a/site.mk
+++ b/site.mk
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ DEFAULT_BUILD_DATE := $(shell date '+%Y-%m-%d')
 
 FFS_BUILD_DATE ?= $(DEFAULT_BUILD_DATE)
 
-DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 2.7+$(FFS_BUILD_DATE)-g.$(shell git -C $(GLUON_SITEDIR)/gluon log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)-s.$(shell git -C $(GLUON_SITEDIR) log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)
+DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 2.8+$(FFS_BUILD_DATE)-g.$(shell git -C $(GLUON_SITEDIR)/gluon log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)-s.$(shell git -C $(GLUON_SITEDIR) log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)
 
 GLUON_LANGS := de en