diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index d45b009..eb5c76f 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # PACKAGE_NAME (e.g. "1.0.0").
 PACKAGE_VERSION='6.6.8'
 PACKAGE_LIB_VERSION="0x668"
-PACKAGE_RELEASE="7"
+PACKAGE_RELEASE="8"
 PACKAGE_LIB_VERSION_NUMBER="6,6,8,${PACKAGE_RELEASE}"
 PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATE=`date +%F`
 PACKAGE_STRING="$PACKAGE_NAME $PACKAGE_VERSION"