diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8e1e219e09..490890850d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: adding UPLOAD_CHANNEL to BASH_ENV
           command: |
-            our_upload_channel=nightly
-            # On tags upload to test instead
-            if [[ -n "${CIRCLE_TAG}" ]] || [[ ${CIRCLE_BRANCH} =~ release/* ]]; then
-              our_upload_channel=test
-            fi
-            echo "export UPLOAD_CHANNEL=${our_upload_channel}" >> ${BASH_ENV}
+            # Hardcoded for release branch
+            echo "export UPLOAD_CHANNEL=test" >> ${BASH_ENV}
 
 binary_common: &binary_common
   parameters:
@@ -36,11 +32,11 @@ binary_common: &binary_common
     build_version:
       description: "version number of release binary; by default, build a nightly"
       type: string
-      default: ""
+      default: "0.8.0"
     pytorch_version:
       description: "PyTorch version to build against; by default, use a nightly"
       type: string
-      default: ""
+      default: "1.7.0"
     # Don't edit these
     python_version:
       description: "Python version to build against (e.g., 3.8)"
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.in b/.circleci/config.yml.in
index 770393a0f3..3851fe1cd3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.in
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.in
@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: adding UPLOAD_CHANNEL to BASH_ENV
           command: |
-            our_upload_channel=nightly
-            # On tags upload to test instead
-            if [[ -n "${CIRCLE_TAG}" ]] || [[ ${CIRCLE_BRANCH} =~ release/* ]]; then
-              our_upload_channel=test
-            fi
-            echo "export UPLOAD_CHANNEL=${our_upload_channel}" >> ${BASH_ENV}
+            # Hardcoded for release branch
+            echo "export UPLOAD_CHANNEL=test" >> ${BASH_ENV}
 
 binary_common: &binary_common
   parameters:
@@ -36,11 +32,11 @@ binary_common: &binary_common
     build_version:
       description: "version number of release binary; by default, build a nightly"
       type: string
-      default: ""
+      default: "0.8.0"
     pytorch_version:
       description: "PyTorch version to build against; by default, use a nightly"
       type: string
-      default: ""
+      default: "1.7.0"
     # Don't edit these
     python_version:
       description: "Python version to build against (e.g., 3.8)"