diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1412f079..9ede54eca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ release:
 
 .PHONY: postrelease
 postrelease:
-	$(SED) -i '/^_converse.VERSION_NAME =/s/=.*/= "v$(VERSION)dev";/' src/headless/converse-core.js
+	$(SED) -i '/^_converse.VERSION_NAME =/s/=.*/= "v$(VERSION)dev";/' src/headless/core.js
 
 ########################################################################
 ## Install dependencies
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 860da9d4f..ff3cd3c3c 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 9. Update https://conversejs.org
     * `cd /home/conversejs/converse.js`
     * `git clone --branch v8.0.1 git@github.com:conversejs/converse.js.git 8.0.1`
-    * `cd 8.0.1 && ASSET_PATH=https://cdn.conversejs.org/8.0.1/dist/ make dist && make doc`
-    * `cd .. && git pull && ASSET_PATH=https://cdn.conversejs.org/dist/ make dist && make doc`
+    * `cd 8.0.1 && nvm install && ASSET_PATH=https://cdn.conversejs.org/8.0.1/dist/ make dist && make doc`
+    * `cd .. && nvm install && git pull && ASSET_PATH=https://cdn.conversejs.org/dist/ make dist && make doc`
 10. Update release page on Github
 11. Run `npm pack && cd src/headless && npm pack` to generate tarballs. Then upload them to the Github release page
 12. Run `npm publish && cd src/headless/ && npm publish`
 13. Update the repository on weblate
-14. Decide on next release number and run `make postrelease VERSION=7.0.3`
+14. Decide on next release number and run `make postrelease VERSION=8.0.2`
diff --git a/src/headless/core.js b/src/headless/core.js
index 0c063124c..a6ee2b7a7 100644
--- a/src/headless/core.js
+++ b/src/headless/core.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Strophe.addNamespace('VCARDUPDATE', 'vcard-temp:x:update');
 Strophe.addNamespace('XFORM', 'jabber:x:data');
 Strophe.addNamespace('XHTML', 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml');
 
-_converse.VERSION_NAME = "v8.0.0";
+_converse.VERSION_NAME = "v8.0.1dev";
 
 Object.assign(_converse, Events);