diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32680110c6ee9a9cccb6586397ae3ded7443f940..972055fb8bbcbae7d579ab64c7187fdffd30c88b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version 0.9.8.1 -- UNRELEASED
+version 0.9.8.1 -- October 31, 2010 (boo!)
     backupninja changes
 	 . Do not error out when no job is configured. Thanks to Jordi Mallach
 	   <jordi@debian.org> for the patch (Closes: #597684)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 59ccd10ca6ef90665b29ef84a5ed9a57afaf96ab..dd128c1eebc52f57ba36cf5ec1d6f226ae662551 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],[0.9.8],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.8.1],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE