diff --git a/build/azure-pipeline.stable.yml b/build/azure-pipeline.stable.yml
index 5f0e93fdbaec..7efc4fae3b2a 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipeline.stable.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipeline.stable.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extends:
           project: 'Monaco'
           definition: 593
           buildVersionToDownload: 'latestFromBranch'
-          branchName: 'refs/heads/release/2026.4'
+          branchName: 'refs/heads/release/2026.8'
           targetPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/python-env-tools/bin'
           artifactName: 'bin-$(buildTarget)'
           itemPattern: |
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8daa0db6254a..19701ee00b06 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "python",
-    "version": "2026.7.0-dev",
+    "version": "2026.8.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "python",
-            "version": "2026.7.0-dev",
+            "version": "2026.8.0",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@iarna/toml": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f1ca2a8da8a..84442dbe2898 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "python",
     "displayName": "Python",
     "description": "Python language support with extension access points for IntelliSense (Pylance), Debugging (Python Debugger), linting, formatting, refactoring, unit tests, and more.",
-    "version": "2026.7.0-dev",
+    "version": "2026.8.0",
     "featureFlags": {
         "usingNewInterpreterStorage": true
     },