# Change distribution version number

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-development\
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719 "2021-07-14T21:16:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![prandelicious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prandelicious/32/91510_2.png) [@prandelicious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prandelicious)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719/1 "2021-07-14T21:16:39Z")

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Every time I run `make release`, it always creates **beats-8.0.0-platform.tar.gz**. Is there a way to change the version number?

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**Author:** ![legoguy1000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/legoguy1000/32/54301_2.png) [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719/2 "2021-07-15T01:38:12Z")

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What branch are you in when u run the command? If you're in master, that's 8.0. Change to 7.xx to create the relative 7 version

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**Author:** ![prandelicious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prandelicious/32/91510_2.png) [@prandelicious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prandelicious)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719/3 "2021-07-15T14:32:44Z")

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Awesome! Thanks for this!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-distribution-version-number/278719/4 "2021-08-12T16:33:27Z")

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