diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index 96b9249b..a180e86b 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ libostree_1_la_SOURCES += \
 endif # USE_GPGME
 
 symbol_files = $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
-if BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD
-symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
-endif
+#if BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD
+#symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+#endif
 # http://blog.jgc.org/2007/06/escaping-comma-and-space-in-gnu-make.html
 wl_versionscript_arg = -Wl,--version-script=
 EXTRA_DIST += \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index de219eab..7a2f7ab6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dnl Seed the release notes with `git-shortlog-with-prs <previous-release>..`. Th
 dnl `git-evtag` to create the tag and push it. Finally, create a GitHub release and attach
 dnl the tarball from `make dist`.
 m4_define([year_version], [2020])
-m4_define([release_version], [7])
+m4_define([release_version], [8])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
 is_release_build=no
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 341a22a8..8e8d9c81 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -17,19 +17,9 @@
   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 ***/
 
-LIBOSTREE_2020.7 {
-global:
-  /* Add symbols here, and uncomment the bits in
-   * Makefile-libostree.am to enable this too.
-   */
-  ostree_repo_static_delta_execute_offline_with_signature;
-  ostree_repo_static_delta_verify_signature;
-  ostree_bootconfig_parser_get_overlay_initrds;
-  ostree_bootconfig_parser_set_overlay_initrds;
-  ostree_sysroot_deploy_tree_with_options;
-  ostree_sysroot_stage_tree_with_options;
-  ostree_sysroot_stage_overlay_initrd;
-} LIBOSTREE_2020.4;
+/* Copy the bits below and uncomment the include in Makefile-libostree.am
+   when adding a symbol.
+*/
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the year.  This is just a copy/paste
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index e7d985ca..c154d8c1 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -622,6 +622,20 @@ global:
 
 /* No new symbols in 2020.6 */
 
+LIBOSTREE_2020.7 {
+global:
+  /* Add symbols here, and uncomment the bits in
+   * Makefile-libostree.am to enable this too.
+   */
+  ostree_repo_static_delta_execute_offline_with_signature;
+  ostree_repo_static_delta_verify_signature;
+  ostree_bootconfig_parser_get_overlay_initrds;
+  ostree_bootconfig_parser_set_overlay_initrds;
+  ostree_sysroot_deploy_tree_with_options;
+  ostree_sysroot_stage_tree_with_options;
+  ostree_sysroot_stage_overlay_initrd;
+} LIBOSTREE_2020.4;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 697d9ad1..e4a0a943 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-f341345be2da30ab8043ac3d555f75edaae25aaad9f81a933fb4e33a47fe7cc4  ${released_syms}
+540ee37ff081a8649fd1b1fa3cf1b80f7b8abb01f6ba71eead0b3b828d6cb696  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt