diff --git a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_clm.py b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_clm.py
index 6ec82b593d..768a889729 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_clm.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_clm.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/language-modeling/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_mlm.py b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_mlm.py
index 2163ecc4b8..11de7b3f16 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_mlm.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_mlm.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/language-modeling/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_plm.py b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_plm.py
index 537da55abb..7033d09166 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_plm.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/language-modeling/run_plm.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/language-modeling/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/multiple-choice/run_swag.py b/examples/pytorch/multiple-choice/run_swag.py
index 2a5611675d..8eb1c71a19 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/multiple-choice/run_swag.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/multiple-choice/run_swag.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from transformers.utils import check_min_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa.py b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa.py
index da762429a0..d410ecbb04 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ from utils_qa import postprocess_qa_predictions
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/question-answering/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search.py b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search.py
index a81c3ad23a..d04e9560e1 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ from utils_qa import postprocess_qa_predictions_with_beam_search
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/question-answering/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search_no_trainer.py b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search_no_trainer.py
index ea0f072d28..f469116968 100644
--- a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search_no_trainer.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_beam_search_no_trainer.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ from utils_qa import postprocess_qa_predictions_with_beam_search
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/question-answering/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_no_trainer.py b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_no_trainer.py
index e3b14dd8cf..9aada5784f 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_no_trainer.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/question-answering/run_qa_no_trainer.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ from utils_qa import postprocess_qa_predictions
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/question-answering/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/summarization/run_summarization.py b/examples/pytorch/summarization/run_summarization.py
index 8fbafe7b54..d0fe0a7655 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/summarization/run_summarization.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/summarization/run_summarization.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/summarization/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_glue.py b/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_glue.py
index 92090ffdd8..4029dbe5c9 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_glue.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_glue.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
 
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/text-classification/requirements.txt")
 
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_xnli.py b/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_xnli.py
index b7ed30cf96..c5777dfcfe 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_xnli.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/text-classification/run_xnli.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
 
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/text-classification/requirements.txt")
 
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/token-classification/run_ner.py b/examples/pytorch/token-classification/run_ner.py
index 73bb03c7e0..16568a6341 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/token-classification/run_ner.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/token-classification/run_ner.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/token-classification/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/pytorch/translation/run_translation.py b/examples/pytorch/translation/run_translation.py
index 0274dbce17..a1d007955e 100755
--- a/examples/pytorch/translation/run_translation.py
+++ b/examples/pytorch/translation/run_translation.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ from transformers.utils.versions import require_version
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
+
 require_version("datasets>=1.8.0", "To fix: pip install -r examples/pytorch/translation/requirements.txt")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/examples/tensorflow/question-answering/run_qa.py b/examples/tensorflow/question-answering/run_qa.py
index fe6bf58658..80190e7476 100755
--- a/examples/tensorflow/question-answering/run_qa.py
+++ b/examples/tensorflow/question-answering/run_qa.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from utils_qa import postprocess_qa_predictions
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.7.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/tensorflow/text-classification/run_glue.py b/examples/tensorflow/text-classification/run_glue.py
index b13a6b8971..50eb0ba05c 100644
--- a/examples/tensorflow/text-classification/run_glue.py
+++ b/examples/tensorflow/text-classification/run_glue.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class SavePretrainedCallback(tf.keras.callbacks.Callback):
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of Transformers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("4.8.0.dev0")
+check_min_version("4.8.0")
 
 task_to_keys = {
     "cola": ("sentence", None),
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee830f6f72..e07c9d1e50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ install_requires = [
 
 setup(
     name="transformers",
-    version="4.8.0.dev0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
+    version="4.8.0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
     author="Thomas Wolf, Lysandre Debut, Victor Sanh, Julien Chaumond, Sam Shleifer, Patrick von Platen, Sylvain Gugger, Suraj Patil, Stas Bekman, Google AI Language Team Authors, Open AI team Authors, Facebook AI Authors, Carnegie Mellon University Authors",
     author_email="thomas@huggingface.co",
     description="State-of-the-art Natural Language Processing for TensorFlow 2.0 and PyTorch",
diff --git a/src/transformers/__init__.py b/src/transformers/__init__.py
index f1c0383336..bf78f04bc8 100755
--- a/src/transformers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/transformers/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # to defer the actual importing for when the objects are requested. This way `import transformers` provides the names
 # in the namespace without actually importing anything (and especially none of the backends).
 
-__version__ = "4.8.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "4.8.0"
 
 # Work around to update TensorFlow's absl.logging threshold which alters the
 # default Python logging output behavior when present.