diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
index fe30e81c0..114743238 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package net.i2p;
 public class CoreVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
-    public final static String VERSION = "0.9.7.1";
+    public final static String VERSION = "0.9.8";
 
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Core version: " + VERSION);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 76ceb7606..b8d45d3e7 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* 2013-09-30 0.9.8 released
+
 2013-09-26 kytv
  * French, German, Russian, and Swedish translation updates from Transifex
  * Update geoip.txt based on Maxmind GeoLite Country database from 2013-09-03
diff --git a/installer/install.xml b/installer/install.xml
index e38069914..3a9deabf1 100644
--- a/installer/install.xml
+++ b/installer/install.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <info>
         <appname>i2p</appname>
-        <appversion>0.9.7.1</appversion>
+        <appversion>0.9.8</appversion>
         <authors>
             <author name="I2P" email="http://www.i2p2.de/"/>
         </authors>
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 5fd579e05..a411b0099 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 30;
+    public final static long BUILD = 0;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
-    public final static String EXTRA = "-rc";
+    public final static String EXTRA = "";
     public final static String FULL_VERSION = VERSION + "-" + BUILD + EXTRA;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Router version: " + FULL_VERSION);