diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6f4c9a730..de2ca5625 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ dnl Set various version strings - taken gratefully from the GTk sources
 #
 SDL_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 SDL_MINOR_VERSION=2
-SDL_MICRO_VERSION=7
-SDL_INTERFACE_AGE=0
-SDL_BINARY_AGE=7
+SDL_MICRO_VERSION=8
+SDL_INTERFACE_AGE=1
+SDL_BINARY_AGE=8
 SDL_VERSION=$SDL_MAJOR_VERSION.$SDL_MINOR_VERSION.$SDL_MICRO_VERSION
 
 AC_SUBST(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION)
diff --git a/include/SDL_version.h b/include/SDL_version.h
index 994b4ea22..41469835d 100644
--- a/include/SDL_version.h
+++ b/include/SDL_version.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern "C" {
 */
 #define SDL_MAJOR_VERSION	1
 #define SDL_MINOR_VERSION	2
-#define SDL_PATCHLEVEL		7
+#define SDL_PATCHLEVEL		8
 
 typedef struct {
 	Uint8 major;