diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf2258f038b657baf414b01af633f30afcaac8b0..826caa0e610b0bcebc1f8cb7cc7b0d3508b3b2d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-D-Bus 1.9.8 (UNRELEASED)
+D-Bus 1.9.8 (2015-02-03)
 ==
 
+The “all the types of precipitation” release.
+
 Dependencies:
 
 • full test coverage now requires GLib 2.36
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6deb80066198f4e3728fcc2ec747e5d88381e22e..1be22c074f3cb8ec9062f659d619f3fc2d691e7b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 m4_define([dbus_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([dbus_minor_version], [9])
-m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [7])
+m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [8])
 m4_define([dbus_version],
           [dbus_major_version.dbus_minor_version.dbus_micro_version])
 AC_INIT([dbus],[dbus_version],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=dbus],[dbus])
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DBUS_DAEMON_NAME,"dbus-daemon",[Name of executable])
 #
 
 ## increment if the interface has additions, changes, removals.
-LT_CURRENT=13
+LT_CURRENT=14
 
 ## increment any time the source changes; set to
 ##  0 if you increment CURRENT
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ LT_REVISION=2
 ## increment if any interfaces have been added; set to 0
 ## if any interfaces have been changed or removed. removal has
 ## precedence over adding, so set to 0 if both happened.
-LT_AGE=10
+LT_AGE=11
 
 AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT)
 AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION)