diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.08.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.08.nix
index cdc5314f3c77..4f9b8ebd294c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.08.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ocaml/4.08.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import ./generic.nix {
   major_version = "4";
   minor_version = "08";
-  patch_version = "0+rc2";
-  sha256 = "09wp2iig6v5pivkjcnibdvkg5mchcj3q4zms6ij67039xczm8qrg";
+  patch_version = "0";
+  sha256 = "0si976y8snbmhm96671di65z0rrdyldxd55wjxn2mkn6654nryna";
 
   # If the executable is stripped it does not work
   dontStrip = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index ffa25ada3e7b..3b807c932f0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ in let inherit (pkgs) callPackage; in rec
 
   ocamlPackages_4_08 = mkOcamlPackages (callPackage ../development/compilers/ocaml/4.08.nix { });
 
-  ocamlPackages_latest = ocamlPackages_4_07;
+  ocamlPackages_latest = ocamlPackages_4_08;
 
   ocamlPackages = ocamlPackages_4_06;
 }