diff --git a/lib/mail/version.rb b/lib/mail/version.rb
index 8b8b93be4..972864514 100644
--- a/lib/mail/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mail/version.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module VERSION
     MAJOR = 2
     MINOR = 8
     PATCH = 1
-    BUILD = "rc2"
+    BUILD = nil
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH, BUILD].compact.join('.')