diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3ed2c10e3..46cd4db062 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ release.
 - Changed the `rsync` related commands in the ISIS SPICE Web Service document to `downloadIsisData` command
 - Updated Geos from version 3.7 to 3.9 [#3627](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/3627)
 - Updated Ale to version 0.9.1 [#5209](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/pull/5209)
+- Changed buildCondaRelease.py numpy version from 1.23 to 1.22 to resolve spiceinit warning messages [#5224](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5224)
 
 ### Added
 - Instructions on setting `channel_priority=flexible` for isis environment manually during installation [#5158](https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3/issues/5158)
diff --git a/buildCondaRelease.sh b/buildCondaRelease.sh
index 29d48b1a3c..53f09f71ba 100755
--- a/buildCondaRelease.sh
+++ b/buildCondaRelease.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sed -i'.backup' "s/-DKAKADU_INCLUDE_DIR=[^[:space:]]*[[:space:]]//" recipe/build.sh
-conda build recipe/ -c conda-forge -c usgs-astrogeology --numpy=1.23
+conda build recipe/ -c conda-forge -c usgs-astrogeology --numpy=1.22
 mv recipe/build.sh.backup recipe/build.sh
 
 
diff --git a/isis/CMakeLists.txt b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
index cea631ddbf..2a623c0492 100644
--- a/isis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_STRING     "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION}")
 
 # Other release information
 string(TIMESTAMP VERSION_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
-set(RELEASE_STAGE             "beta") # (alpha, beta, stable)
+set(RELEASE_STAGE             "stable") # (alpha, beta, stable)
 
 # Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent.
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT  "https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues")
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index c72d9c2863..6400c0571b 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 #       A Public Release for ISIS3.6.1:                        {% set version = "3.6.1" %}
 #       A Release Candidate for ISIS3.6.1:                     {% set version = "3.6.1_RC" %}
 #       A custom build of ISIS3.6.1 for the CaSSIS mission:    {% set version = "3.6.1_cassis" %}
-{% set version = "8.0.0_RC2" %}
+{% set version = "8.0.0" %}
 
 # This is the build number for the current version you are building. If this is the first build of
 # this version, the build number will be 0. It is incremented by 1 with every consecutive build of
 # the same version.
-{% set build_number = "1" %}
+{% set build_number = "0" %}
 
 package:
   name: isis