diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 37d8152d0219..957cd0f71ac7 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -533,10 +533,6 @@ func V2Equal(a, b *V2) bool {
 		}
 		return true
 	}
-	if a.SwitchEpoch != b.SwitchEpoch {
-		log.Warn("[V2Equal] SwitchEpoch mismatch", "a.SwitchEpoch", a.SwitchEpoch, "b.SwitchEpoch", b.SwitchEpoch)
-		return false
-	}
 	if !configNumEqual(a.SwitchBlock, b.SwitchBlock) {
 		log.Warn("[V2Equal] SwitchBlock mismatch", "a.SwitchBlock", a.SwitchBlock, "b.SwitchBlock", b.SwitchBlock)
 		return false
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 5e44755b21da..85b6e8ac5095 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 2        // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 6        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 7        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 8        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )