2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e644c40..23e84c6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.9.8	2018-04-15
+
+ * Fix version number. (Jelmer Vernooĳ)
+
 0.9.7	2018-04-15
 
  * Don't attempt to encode bytestrings in utf8_bytes_helper().
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb486db..c67cb1a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-version = "0.9.7"
+version = "0.9.8"
 
 setup(name="fastimport",
       description="VCS fastimport/fastexport parser",