diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 14f296dd5a..ab56c112b8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
     AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-    AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(suricata, 0.8.1)
+    AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(suricata, 0.8.2)
 
     AC_LANG_C
     AC_PROG_CC_C99
diff --git a/src/suricata.h b/src/suricata.h
index 4426786a9c..4f918bb951 100644
--- a/src/suricata.h
+++ b/src/suricata.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /* the name of our binary */
 #define PROG_NAME "Suricata"
-#define PROG_VER "0.8.1"
+#define PROG_VER "0.8.2"
 
 /* number of packets in processing right now
  * This is the diff between recv'd and verdicted