diff --git a/lib/tevent/configure.ac b/lib/tevent/configure.ac
index 89190afc813..c759b83faba 100644
--- a/lib/tevent/configure.ac
+++ b/lib/tevent/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
-AC_INIT(tevent, 0.9.7)
+AC_INIT(tevent, 0.9.8)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([tevent.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)