diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 142722ee65..2f329bbb1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.9.8b1 released ---
+
 4165.	[security]	A failure to reset a value to NULL in tkey.c could
 			result in an assertion failure. (CVE-2015-5477)
 			[RT #40046]
diff --git a/version b/version
index eea6b68c86..993c284e9e 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PRODUCT=BIND
 DESCRIPTION="(Extended Support Version)"
 MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=9
-PATCHVER=7
-RELEASETYPE=
-RELEASEVER=
+PATCHVER=8
+RELEASETYPE=b
+RELEASEVER=1
 EXTENSIONS=