diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e4d359fb677379955786ecc655ca173cf1a6172a..7eb37d6ae7775c04214070f0e201fa13c9a24f68 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version 0.9.8 -- UNRELEASED
+version 0.9.8 -- September 12, 2010
     backupninja changes
 	 . Added GZIP_OPTS option, defaulting to --rsyncable, so that this
 	   option can be disabled on systems that don't support it. This
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index da2d6bae9ec15475d7837b7f332e50e60e0a9dde..59ccd10ca6ef90665b29ef84a5ed9a57afaf96ab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # The maintainer mode is causing me grief with newest versions of autotools
 #AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.7],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.8],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE