diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eee54259..39996bcc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 
-AC_INIT([XZ Utils], [4.999.7beta], [lasse.collin@tukaani.org], [xz])
+AC_INIT([XZ Utils], [4.999.8beta], [lasse.collin@tukaani.org], [xz])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/liblzma/common/common.h])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 
diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
index 0dbb39d6..6d6f824a 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
+++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/version.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * \note        The version number of liblzma has nothing to with
  *              the version number of Igor Pavlov's LZMA SDK.
  */
-#define LZMA_VERSION UINT32_C(49990071)
+#define LZMA_VERSION UINT32_C(49990081)
 
 
 /**