diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef00e0bd..e2ced8f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.9.8 - TBD
+
 ## 0.9.7 - January 19, 2019
 
 Features
diff --git a/scheme/cyclone/common.sld b/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
index ab7a4dfc..8d44323c 100644
--- a/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
+++ b/scheme/cyclone/common.sld
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     *version-banner*
     *c-file-header-comment*)
   (begin
-(define *version-number* "0.9.7")
+(define *version-number* "0.9.8")
 (define *version-name* "")
 (define *version* (string-append *version-number* " " *version-name* ""))