diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d054c0440..df1f4b1ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 7)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 63)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 8)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 64)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index 7df0e84d2..d4cd32b80 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    9
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    7
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        63
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    8
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        64
 
 /* Convenience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.
  * #if OSG_MIN_VERSION_REQUIRED(2,9,5)