diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 382d40a4..3f1d4a9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/neutrinolabs/xrdp)
 ![Apache-License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)
 
-*Current Version:* 0.9.7
+*Current Version:* 0.9.8
 
 # xrdp - an open source RDP server
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fdac5e00..3aa14db6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.65)
-AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.7], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
+AC_INIT([xrdp], [0.9.8], [xrdp-devel@googlegroups.com])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config_ac.h:config_ac-h.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7.2 foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])