diff --git a/helpers/make-linux-meta-hwe b/helpers/make-linux-meta-hwe
index 72b7444912563005531e915959cbb7b60481dba6..1112581a8927b9ff31786444aa15fa1d2d03c164 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux-meta-hwe
+++ b/helpers/make-linux-meta-hwe
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=3
+VERSION=4
 . ./config
 
 rm ./debian/control.d/signed-generic
 
-sed 's/16.04/7.0/g' -i debian/control debian/rules
+sed 's/16.04/8.0/g' -i debian/control debian/rules
 sed 's/, linux-firmware//' -i debian/control ./debian/control.d/generic
 sed 's/Ubuntu/upstream/' -i debian/control
 sed 's/Linux/Linux-libre/g' -i debian/control ./debian/control.d/generic