diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index e7e7319fb42..d994108cb4d 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ social:
# Home Assistant release details
current_major_version: 2025
-current_minor_version: 7
-current_patch_version: 4
-date_released: 2025-07-28
+current_minor_version: 8
+current_patch_version: 0
+date_released: 2025-08-06
# Either # or the anchor link to latest release notes in the blog post.
# Must be prefixed with a # and have double quotes around it.
diff --git a/source/_posts/2025-08-08-release-20258.markdown b/source/_posts/2025-08-06-release-20258.markdown
similarity index 99%
rename from source/_posts/2025-08-08-release-20258.markdown
rename to source/_posts/2025-08-06-release-20258.markdown
index 6e4412c09e0..13415ceba08 100644
--- a/source/_posts/2025-08-08-release-20258.markdown
+++ b/source/_posts/2025-08-06-release-20258.markdown
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: post
title: "2025.8 Beta: A Betta title"
description: "Beta release notes for Home Assistant Core 2025.8"
date: 2025-07-29 00:00:00
-date_formatted: "August 8, 2025"
+date_formatted: "August 6, 2025"
author: Franck Nijhof
author_twitter: frenck
comments: true
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ To help get started with AI task, we’ve prepared a blueprint to analyze camera
The AI Task integration has one extra feature under its belt: default entities. You can go to {% my general title="**Settings** > **System** > **General**" %} and configure what AI Task entity you want to use as the default. With a default set, you no longer have to specify an entity when generating data, making it easier to share blueprints.
-
+
Setting a default also does more: When a default is configured, and only then, a new type of button will start showing up in different places in Home Assistant: .