diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 7e750aaab..8a0634467 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ twitter = "GoHugoIO"
 [params]
   description = "The world’s fastest framework for building websites"
   ## Used for views in rendered HTML (i.e., rather than using the .Hugo variable)
-  release = "0.49-DEV"
+  release = "0.48"
   ## Setting this to true will add a "noindex" to *EVERY* page on the site
   removefromexternalsearch = false
   ## Gh repo for site footer (include trailing slash)
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diff --git a/content/en/news/0.48-relnotes/index.md b/content/en/news/0.48-relnotes/index.md
index e5dbb67d0..92c765f23 100644
--- a/content/en/news/0.48-relnotes/index.md
+++ b/content/en/news/0.48-relnotes/index.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 
 ---
 date: 2018-08-29
-title: "0.48"
-description: "0.48"
+title: "This One Goes to 11!"
+description: "With Go 1.11, Hugo finally gets support for variable overwrites in templates!"
 categories: ["Releases"]
 ---
 
-	Hugo `0.48` is built with the brand new Go 1.11. On the technical side this means that Hugo now uses [Go Modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for the build. The big new functional thing in Go 1.11 for Hugo is added support for [variable overwrites](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/10608). This means that you can now do:
+Hugo `0.48` is built with the brand new Go 1.11. On the technical side this means that Hugo now uses [Go Modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for the build. The big new functional thing in Go 1.11 for Hugo is added support for [variable overwrites](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/10608). This means that you can now do this and get the expected result:
 
-```
+```go-html-template
 {{ $var := "Hugo Page" }}
 {{ if .IsHome }}
-{{ $var = "Hugo Home" }}
+	{{ $var = "Hugo Home" }}
 {{ end }}
 Var is {{ $var }}
 ```
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 5e80c5b72..8033bcd56 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ publish = "public"
 command = "hugo --minify"
 
 [context.production.environment]
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.47.1"
+HUGO_VERSION = "0.48"
 HUGO_ENV = "production"
 HUGO_ENABLEGITINFO = "true"
 
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@ HUGO_ENABLEGITINFO = "true"
 command = "hugo --enableGitInfo"
 
 [context.split1.environment]
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.47.1"
+HUGO_VERSION = "0.48"
 HUGO_ENV = "production"
 
 [context.deploy-preview]
 command = "hugo --buildFuture -b $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL"
 
 [context.deploy-preview.environment]
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.47.1"
+HUGO_VERSION = "0.48"
 
 [context.branch-deploy]
 command = "hugo -b $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL"
 
 [context.branch-deploy.environment]
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.47.1"
+HUGO_VERSION = "0.48"
 
 [context.next.environment]
 HUGO_ENABLEGITINFO = "true"
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