diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index a8b9a6d4a..09232ecba 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <!ENTITY releasedate     "September 2, 2017">
 
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2017"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
-<!ENTITY milestone       "8.1">
+<!ENTITY milestone       "8.2">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root       "&lfs-root;blfs/">