diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f5ee6b..d4fa45c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 endif ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU" OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
 # Version
-set (project_version "0.9.7")
+set (project_version "0.9.8")
 
 # Try to append commit ID if it follows a version tag.  It might be nicer if
 # we could also detect dirty worktrees but that's very hard to get right.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 66a23db..4bff9cf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+0.9.8 (2020-09-02) "Yep, Still Using It"
+
+ * degesch: fixed a crash and prompt attribute output in libedit 20191231-3.1,
+   though users are officially discouraged from using this library
+
+ * degesch: fixed Lua 5.4 build, so far the support is experimental
+
+ * Miscellaneous little fixes
+
+
 0.9.7 (2018-10-21) "Business as Usual"
 
  * kike: fix wildcard handling in WHOIS