diff --git a/ncbimeta/NCBImeta b/ncbimeta/NCBImeta
index 4b8281120..3c32a4103 100755
--- a/ncbimeta/NCBImeta
+++ b/ncbimeta/NCBImeta
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ parser.add_argument(
     dest="flatMode",
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3dev")
+parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3")
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "--email",
diff --git a/ncbimeta/NCBImetaExport b/ncbimeta/NCBImetaExport
index 67ff58855..1f82eb4ff 100755
--- a/ncbimeta/NCBImetaExport
+++ b/ncbimeta/NCBImetaExport
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ mandatory.add_argument(
     required=True,
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3dev")
+parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3")
 
 args = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
diff --git a/ncbimeta/NCBImetaJoin b/ncbimeta/NCBImetaJoin
index bdd124fd2..601de2a10 100755
--- a/ncbimeta/NCBImetaJoin
+++ b/ncbimeta/NCBImetaJoin
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ mandatory.add_argument(
     required=True,
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3dev")
+parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s v0.8.3")
 
 args = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 13a577a22..a4895815b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="NCBImeta",
-    version="0.8.3dev",
+    version="0.8.3",
     description=(
         "Efficient and comprehensive metadata acquisition "
         "from the NCBI databases (includes SRA)."
diff --git a/ver_update.sh b/ver_update.sh
index 7d2abc6ce..3c02e1fed 100644
--- a/ver_update.sh
+++ b/ver_update.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ NEWVER=$2
 
 FILELIST="setup.py
 	  ncbimeta/NCBImeta
-	  ncbimeta/NCBImetaAnnotateConcatenate
-	  ncbimeta/NCBImetaAnnotateReplace
+	  ncbimeta/NCBImetaAnnotate
 	  ncbimeta/NCBImetaExport
 	  ncbimeta/NCBImetaJoin"