diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index ed87b834d..6d9fea48c 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Getting Started
 ---------------
 To get started, download and install the current release version of Cappuccino:
 
-    $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/v0.9.7-1/bootstrap.sh >/tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh && bash /tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh
+    $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/v0.9.8/bootstrap.sh >/tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh && bash /tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh
 
 If you'd just like to get started using Cappuccino for your web apps, you are done.
 
diff --git a/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen b/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
index c2abad4e4..2d57fcd49 100644
--- a/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
+++ b/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = " API"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.9.7-1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.9.8
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/Tools/XcodeCapp/XcodeCapp/Info.plist b/Tools/XcodeCapp/XcodeCapp/Info.plist
index ddb9c5a21..bb698451f 100644
--- a/Tools/XcodeCapp/XcodeCapp/Info.plist
+++ b/Tools/XcodeCapp/XcodeCapp/Info.plist
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
 	<key>XCCLastCappuccinoReleaseURL</key>
-	<string>https://github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/archive/0.9.7.zip</string>
+	<string>https://github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/archive/0.9.8.zip</string>
 	<key>XCCLastCappuccinoMasterBranchURL</key>
 	<string>https://github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/archive/master.zip</string>
 	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index c66078db7..97bda59e1 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ tmp_zip="/tmp/cappuccino.zip"
 local_distrib=""
 
 github_user="cappuccino"
-github_ref="v0.9.7-1"
+github_ref="v0.9.8"
 
 noprompt=""
 install_capp=""
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index f0c6f3ceb..719d33fc4 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "version": "0.9.7-1"
+    "version": "0.9.8"
 }
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