diff --git a/builds/msvc/version.h b/builds/msvc/version.h
index 869e077a..12c5f720 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/version.h
+++ b/builds/msvc/version.h
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 #include "export.h"
 
-#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.7"
+#define SODIUM_VERSION_STRING "1.0.8"
 
 #define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR 9
-#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 0
+#define SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR 1
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d87607f..18533c90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([libsodium],[1.0.7],
+AC_INIT([libsodium],[1.0.8],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues],
   [libsodium],
   [https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium])
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ ISODATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 AC_SUBST(ISODATE)
 
 SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR=9
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=0
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR=1
 DLL_VERSION=8
-SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION=18:0:0
+SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION=18:1:0
 #                       | | |
 #                +------+ | +---+
 #                |        |     |
diff --git a/msvc-scripts/process.bat b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
index 8e271b07..9a2de952 100755
--- a/msvc-scripts/process.bat
+++ b/msvc-scripts/process.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.7/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@VERSION@/1.0.8/ < src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h.in > tmp
 cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MAJOR@/9/ < tmp > tmp2
-cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/0/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
+cscript msvc-scripts/rep.vbs //Nologo s/@SODIUM_LIBRARY_VERSION_MINOR@/1/ < tmp2 > src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h
 del tmp tmp2