diff --git a/manifest.php b/manifest.php
index fd76830fc8..3bd39f1c2b 100755
--- a/manifest.php
+++ b/manifest.php
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@
     ],
     'constants' => [
         #TAO version number
-        'TAO_VERSION' => '2024.07',
+        'TAO_VERSION' => '2024.08 LTS',
         #TAO version label
-        'TAO_VERSION_NAME' => '2024.07',
+        'TAO_VERSION_NAME' => '2024.08 LTS',
         #the name to display
         'PRODUCT_NAME' => 'TAO',
         #TAO release status, use to add specific footer to TAO, available alpha, beta, demo, stable