diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18d5429c31e197ec8fe3d694e9a0432b0417e742..03f227be62ef14808aa0303d1e36b00f75cd33ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 version 0.9.9 -- UNRELEASED
-    backupninja changes
-	 . Do not error out when no job is configured. Thanks to Jordi Mallach
-	   <jordi@debian.org> for the patch (Closes: #597684)
     handler changes
 	dup:
 	 . Use --tempdir option rather than TMPDIR environment variable.
@@ -25,13 +22,19 @@ version 0.9.9 -- UNRELEASED
 	   #2370). Thanks to ale for the patch.
 	rsync:
 	 . Fix long rotation.
-	sys:
-	 . Route around broken vgcfgbackup not able to handle multiple VG arguments
     helper changes
 	dup:
 	 . Fix separate signing key usecase. Thanks to Ian Beckwith for
 	   the patch.
-	
+
+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)
+    handler changes
+	sys:
+	 . Route around broken vgcfgbackup not able to handle multiple VG arguments
+
 version 0.9.8 -- September 12, 2010
     backupninja changes
 	 . Added GZIP_OPTS option, defaulting to --rsyncable, so that this
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