diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6a1fa492..16d7e1495 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $ mvn clean spring-boot:run -Dproduction
 $ mvn clean package -DskipTests -Dproduction -Dassets.uri=file:/opt/vireo/ -Dconfig.uri=file:/opt/vireo/config/
 ```
 
-If build succeeds, you should have both a `vireo-4.2.7.war` and a `vireo-4.2.7-install.zip` in the `target/` directory. When building for production required static assets are copied into the packaged war file and the index.html template is optimized for production. For development a symlink is used to allow the application to access required static assets.
+If build succeeds, you should have both a `vireo-4.2.8.war` and a `vireo-4.2.8-install.zip` in the `target/` directory. When building for production required static assets are copied into the packaged war file and the index.html template is optimized for production. For development a symlink is used to allow the application to access required static assets.
 
 #### Apache Reverse Proxy Config
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Unzip package into preferred directory (or any directory you choose):
 
 ```bash
 $ cd /opt/vireo
-$ unzip vireo-4.2.7-install.zip
+$ unzip vireo-4.2.8-install.zip
 ```
 
 ### Directory Structure of installed package
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ ln -s /opt/vireo/webapp /opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT
 Copy war file into Tomcat webapps directory (your location may vary -- this is an example):
 
 ```bash
-$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.7.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vireo.war
+$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.8.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/vireo.war
 ```
 
 or as root:
 
 ```bash
-$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.7.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
+$ cp ~/vireo-4.2.8.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
 ```
 
 **if not specifying assets.uri during build the assets will be stored under the vireo webapp's classpath, /opt/tomcat/webapps/vireo/WEB-INF/classes**
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $ cp ~/vireo-4.2.7.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT.war
 ## Running WAR as a stand-alone Spring Boot application
 
 ```bash
-java -jar target/vireo-4.2.7.war
+java -jar target/vireo-4.2.8.war
 ```
 
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diff --git a/build/appConfig.js.template b/build/appConfig.js.template
index e7e3d4da4..ff7731cef 100644
--- a/build/appConfig.js.template
+++ b/build/appConfig.js.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var appConfig = {
 
-    'version': '4.2.7',
+    'version': '4.2.8',
 
     'allowAnonymous': true,
     'anonymousRole': 'ROLE_ANONYMOUS',
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index e1244d23b..9784ce493 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ##############################
 
 IMAGE_HOST=127.0.0.1
-IMAGE_VERSION=4.2.7
+IMAGE_VERSION=4.2.8
 SERVICE_PROJECT=tdl
 SERVICE_PATH=vireo
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23673c41e..be1cf8662 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vireo",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "4.2.7",
+  "version": "4.2.8",
   "description": "Vireo 4",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/TexasDigitalLibrary/Vireo",
   "repository": {