diff --git a/patches/defconfig b/patches/defconfig
index 094232e230b2aeffa7b3705ef1fe4d0237d4f492..8ce0470a101964c52d342f7e6d8ce1055ea1910c 100644
--- a/patches/defconfig
+++ b/patches/defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc7 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc8 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
diff --git a/patches/defconfig-bone b/patches/defconfig-bone
index 119dd826aa16950e972a83e7bb064055823cec15..daa8bf48c879928644fbe962d6b06c638f88cb6f 100644
--- a/patches/defconfig-bone
+++ b/patches/defconfig-bone
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc7 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc8 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
@@ -1639,6 +1639,8 @@ CONFIG_TI_DAC7512=m
 # CONFIG_LATTICE_ECP3_CONFIG is not set
 CONFIG_SRAM=y
 CONFIG_BONE_CAPEMGR=y
+# CONFIG_DEV_OVERLAYMGR is not set
+CONFIG_TIEQEP=m
 CONFIG_C2PORT=m
 
 #
@@ -1679,6 +1681,7 @@ CONFIG_ALTERA_STAPL=m
 # Argus cape driver for beaglebone black
 #
 CONFIG_CAPE_BONE_ARGUS=y
+CONFIG_BEAGLEBONE_PINMUX_HELPER=y
 # CONFIG_ECHO is not set
 # CONFIG_CXL_BASE is not set
 
@@ -2616,6 +2619,7 @@ CONFIG_OF_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_GPIO is not set
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_OF_HELPER=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_MAX730X=m
 
@@ -5009,6 +5013,7 @@ CONFIG_TI_PIPE3=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC_32BIT=y
+CONFIG_NVMEM=y
 
 #
 # Firmware Drivers
diff --git a/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig b/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
index 814bf0a723e49fccdd8e5ddaab7b95059764d55f..b329abcffc93d86b5c5ab24fcfd04d424232344e 100644
--- a/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/patches/ref_omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc7 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc8 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 10d14569a3ef67c63ecb9cdff84bd4ae7c8766ce..9e7f0a4899f0a2954fa884d16b0026219d973dbf 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ toolchain="gcc_linaro_gnueabihf_4_9"
 
 #Kernel/Build
 KERNEL_REL=4.1
-KERNEL_TAG=${KERNEL_REL}-rc7
-BUILD=bone7.1
+KERNEL_TAG=${KERNEL_REL}-rc8
+BUILD=bone8
 
 #v3.X-rcX + upto SHA
 #prev_KERNEL_SHA=""