diff --git a/srsue/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc.h b/srsue/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc.h
index 06ae6302b..a6e474742 100644
--- a/srsue/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc.h
+++ b/srsue/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc.h
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #define SRSRAN_UE_CATEGORY_DEFAULT "4"
 #define SRSRAN_UE_CATEGORY_MIN 1
 #define SRSRAN_UE_CATEGORY_MAX 21
-#define SRSRAN_RELEASE_DEFAULT 8
 #define SRSRAN_RELEASE_MIN 8
 #define SRSRAN_RELEASE_MAX 15
+#define SRSRAN_RELEASE_DEFAULT (SRSRAN_RELEASE_MAX)
 
 using srsran::byte_buffer_t;
 
diff --git a/srsue/src/main.cc b/srsue/src/main.cc
index 00588147f..64dd90d7f 100644
--- a/srsue/src/main.cc
+++ b/srsue/src/main.cc
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int parse_args(all_args_t* args, int argc, char* argv[])
     ("rrc.ue_category",       bpo::value<string>(&args->stack.rrc.ue_category_str)->default_value(SRSRAN_UE_CATEGORY_DEFAULT),  "UE Category (1 to 10)")
     ("rrc.ue_category_dl",    bpo::value<int>(&args->stack.rrc.ue_category_dl)->default_value(-1),  "UE Category DL v12 (valid values: 0, 4, 6, 7, 9 to 16)")
     ("rrc.ue_category_ul",    bpo::value<int>(&args->stack.rrc.ue_category_ul)->default_value(-1),  "UE Category UL v12 (valid values: 0, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 13)")
-    ("rrc.release",           bpo::value<uint32_t>(&args->stack.rrc.release)->default_value(SRSRAN_RELEASE_DEFAULT),  "UE Release (8 to 12)")
+    ("rrc.release",           bpo::value<uint32_t>(&args->stack.rrc.release)->default_value(SRSRAN_RELEASE_DEFAULT),  "UE Release (8 to 15)")
     ("rrc.mbms_service_id",   bpo::value<int32_t>(&args->stack.rrc.mbms_service_id)->default_value(-1),  "MBMS service id for autostart (-1 means disabled)")
     ("rrc.mbms_service_port", bpo::value<uint32_t>(&args->stack.rrc.mbms_service_port)->default_value(4321),  "Port of the MBMS service")
 
diff --git a/srsue/ue.conf.example b/srsue/ue.conf.example
index 2c0d52351..3632f9c05 100644
--- a/srsue/ue.conf.example
+++ b/srsue/ue.conf.example
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ imei = 353490069873319
 # RRC configuration
 #
 # ue_category:       Sets UE category (range 1-5). Default: 4
-# release:           UE Release (8 to 10)
+# release:           UE Release (8 to 15)
 # feature_group:     Hex value of the featureGroupIndicators field in the
 #                    UECapabilityInformation message. Default 0xe6041000
 # mbms_service_id:   MBMS service id for autostarting MBMS reception
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ imei = 353490069873319
 #####################################################################
 [rrc]
 #ue_category       = 4
-#release           = 8
+#release           = 15
 #feature_group     = 0xe6041000
 #mbms_service_id   = -1
 #mbms_service_port = 4321