diff --git a/grunt/tasks/populist.js b/grunt/tasks/populist.js
index b9b848bf88..820d0e9f33 100644
--- a/grunt/tasks/populist.js
+++ b/grunt/tasks/populist.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
     rootDirectory: config.rootDirectory,
     args: args
   }).then(function(output) {
-    grunt.file.write(config.outfile, output);
+    grunt.file.write(config.outfile, 'process = {env: {}};' + output);
     done();
   });
 };
diff --git a/npm-react-core/package.json b/npm-react-core/package.json
index effc04ef54..b37973dcda 100644
--- a/npm-react-core/package.json
+++ b/npm-react-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react",
-  "version": "0.6.0-alpha",
+  "version": "0.8.0-alpha",
   "keywords": [
     "react"
   ],
diff --git a/src/core/React.js b/src/core/React.js
index 4d47977681..14ee3f2a55 100644
--- a/src/core/React.js
+++ b/src/core/React.js
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ var React = {
 
 // Version exists only in the open-source version of React, not in Facebook's
 // internal version.
-React.version = '0.5.1';
+React.version = '0.8.0-alpha';
 
 module.exports = React;