diff --git a/site.mk b/site.mk
index 3b162c3faf774f8c473ba9e5f14453653b88b51f..6b22df2df96d269fbaebb6b026a3c2de285fa3f8 100644
--- a/site.mk
+++ b/site.mk
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ GLUON_SITE_PACKAGES += \
 
 # Always call `make` from the command line with the desired release version!
 # otherwise this is generated:
-DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 0.16.6~exp$(shell date '+%y%m%d%H%M')
+DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := 2016.2~exp$(shell date '+%y%m%d%H%M')
 
 # Allow overriding the release number from the command line
 GLUON_RELEASE ?= $(DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE)
 
 GLUON_PRIORITY ?= 0
-GLUON_BRANCH ?= experimental
+GLUON_BRANCH ?= stable
 export GLUON_BRANCH
 
 GLUON_TARGET ?= ar71xx-generic