diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index be43f4793c5ba31eeb29f80d9f82ceec64a3616f..e5557e0f3e98eef33b2262e88cb5857f93541452 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 # Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([editres], [1.0.7],
+AC_INIT([editres], [1.0.8],
         [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/editres/issues], [editres])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])