diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b9df81f6dcca..8c3acd8bcbf4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -199,7 +199,12 @@ RUN ( ! [ "${target_host}" = "arm-linux-gnueabihf" ] ) || \
 # https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/7376#issuecomment-2161102381
 RUN poetry lock --no-update && poetry install
 
-RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && make && poetry run make install
+# Ensure that git differences are removed before making bineries, to avoid `-modded` suffix
+# poetry.lock changed due to pyln-client, pyln-proto and pyln-testing version updates
+# pyproject.toml was updated to exclude clnrest and wss-proxy plugins in base-builder stage
+RUN git reset --hard HEAD
+
+RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && poetry run make install
 
 # Export the requirements for the plugins so we can install them in builder-python stage
 WORKDIR /opt/lightningd/plugins/clnrest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4551cf79b70..d7f0babef69e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #! /usr/bin/make
 
 # Extract version from git, or if we're from a zipfile, use dirname
-VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's|.*/c\{0,1\}lightning-v\{0,1\}\([0-9a-f.rc\-]*\)$$|\1|gp')
+# VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's|.*/c\{0,1\}lightning-v\{0,1\}\([0-9a-f.rc\-]*\)$$|\1|gp')
+VERSION=v24.08
 
 # Next release.
 CLN_NEXT_VERSION := v24.08