diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 73e9200b3..763469085 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libmodbus 3.0.8 (2019-07-31)
+============================
+
+- Fix awful typo in fix for VD-1301 vulnerability.
+  Thank you @karlp.
+
 libmodbus 3.0.7 (2019-07-29)
 ============================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7315f6779..f12d50129 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #
 m4_define([libmodbus_version_major], [3])
 m4_define([libmodbus_version_minor], [0])
-m4_define([libmodbus_version_micro], [7])
+m4_define([libmodbus_version_micro], [8])
 
 m4_define([libmodbus_release_status],
     [m4_if(m4_eval(libmodbus_version_minor % 2), [1], [snapshot], [release])])