diff --git a/vortex/src/editions/core/mod.rs b/vortex/src/editions/core/mod.rs
index 4d05f11750c..ab22a2c1108 100644
--- a/vortex/src/editions/core/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex/src/editions/core/mod.rs
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ pub use v2025_05::CORE_2025_05_0;
 pub use v2025_06::CORE_2025_06_0;
 pub use v2025_10::CORE_2025_10_0;
 pub use v2026_07::CORE_2026_07_0;
-pub use v2026_08::CORE_2026_08;
+pub use v2026_08::CORE_2026_08_0;
diff --git a/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_07.rs b/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_07.rs
index fc7a0800e5a..9fd3daf527e 100644
--- a/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_07.rs
+++ b/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_07.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub const CORE_2026_07_0: EditionId = EditionId::new("core", 2026, 7, 0);
 pub static DECLARATION: EditionDeclaration = EditionDeclaration {
     edition: Edition {
         id: CORE_2026_07_0,
-        min_vortex_version: Some("0.65.0"),
+        min_vortex_version: None,
     },
     added: &[EditionMember::array(&"vortex.variant")],
 };
diff --git a/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_08.rs b/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_08.rs
index 108402c76df..199b1d55528 100644
--- a/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_08.rs
+++ b/vortex/src/editions/core/v2026_08.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use vortex_edition::EditionId;
 use vortex_edition::EditionMember;
 
 /// The August 2026 core edition containing canonical Map arrays.
-pub const CORE_2026_08: EditionId = EditionId::new("core", 2026, 8, 0);
+pub const CORE_2026_08_0: EditionId = EditionId::new("core", 2026, 8, 0);
 
-/// The declaration of [`CORE_2026_08`] and the components that join the family at it.
+/// The declaration of [`CORE_2026_08_0`] and the components that join the family at it.
 ///
 /// The aggregates are the set the default writer records in zone maps. Declaring them arms the
 /// writer's aggregate filter, so a strategy asking for an aggregate outside this set fails the
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ pub const CORE_2026_08: EditionId = EditionId::new("core", 2026, 8, 0);
 /// records it, so the two stay consistent.
 pub static DECLARATION: EditionDeclaration = EditionDeclaration {
     edition: Edition {
-        id: CORE_2026_08,
-        min_vortex_version: Some("0.84.0"),
+        id: CORE_2026_08_0,
+        min_vortex_version: None,
     },
     added: &[
         EditionMember::array(&"vortex.map"),
diff --git a/vortex/src/editions/mod.rs b/vortex/src/editions/mod.rs
index 2079a710f58..eef4dc33b94 100644
--- a/vortex/src/editions/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex/src/editions/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! it, and a component outside the enabled editions fails the write whatever its kind.
 //!
 //! The default file writer resolves the session's enabled editions at write time. The
-//! facade enables the newest frozen `core` edition, [`crate::editions::CORE_2026_08`], and
+//! facade enables the newest frozen `core` edition, [`crate::editions::CORE_2026_08_0`], and
 //! additionally enables the latest unstable edition when the `unstable_encodings` feature is
 //! selected.
 
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ pub use self::core::CORE_2025_05_0;
 pub use self::core::CORE_2025_06_0;
 pub use self::core::CORE_2025_10_0;
 pub use self::core::CORE_2026_07_0;
-pub use self::core::CORE_2026_08;
+pub use self::core::CORE_2026_08_0;
 pub use self::unstable::UNSTABLE_2025_05_0;
 pub use self::unstable::UNSTABLE_2026_02_0;
 pub use self::unstable::UNSTABLE_2026_04_0;
 pub use self::unstable::UNSTABLE_2026_06_0;
 
 /// The `core` edition enabled for writing by the default Vortex session.
-pub const DEFAULT_CORE_EDITION: EditionId = CORE_2026_08;
+pub const DEFAULT_CORE_EDITION: EditionId = CORE_2025_10_0;
 
 /// The `unstable` edition enabled for writing by the default Vortex session when the
 /// `unstable_encodings` feature is selected.
diff --git a/vortex/src/editions/tests.rs b/vortex/src/editions/tests.rs
index d418a8aa412..bc8ad559e2c 100644
--- a/vortex/src/editions/tests.rs
+++ b/vortex/src/editions/tests.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use vortex_utils::aliases::hash_set::HashSet;
 
 use super::CORE_2025_05_0;
 use super::CORE_2026_07_0;
-use super::CORE_2026_08;
+use super::CORE_2026_08_0;
 use super::DEFAULT_CORE_EDITION;
 use super::DEFAULT_UNSTABLE_EDITION;
 use super::EDITION_DECLARATIONS;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fn encodings_in_editions_unions_families() {
 fn earlier_editions_are_subsets() {
     let session = session().unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("registering editions: {e}"));
     let first = session.components_in(&CORE_2025_05_0, ComponentKind::Array);
-    let latest = session.components_in(&CORE_2026_08, ComponentKind::Array);
+    let latest = session.components_in(&CORE_2026_08_0, ComponentKind::Array);
     assert!(first.iter().all(|inclusion| {
         latest
             .iter()
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ fn core_edition_ids_are_registered_array_encodings() {
     let registry = session.arrays().registry().clone();
     for inclusion in session
         .editions()
-        .components_in(&CORE_2026_08, ComponentKind::Array)
+        .components_in(&CORE_2026_08_0, ComponentKind::Array)
     {
         assert!(
             registry.contains_key(&inclusion.component_id),
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fn core_aggregate_ids_are_registered_aggregate_fns() {
     let session = VortexSession::default();
     let declared = session
         .editions()
-        .components_in(&CORE_2026_08, ComponentKind::Aggregate);
+        .components_in(&CORE_2026_08_0, ComponentKind::Aggregate);
     assert!(
         declared
             .iter()