diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08a29b9d..d7f14d57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2002-2005 OpenVPN Solutions LLC <info@openvpn.net>
 
 $Id$
 
-2005.12.xx -- Version 2.1-beta8
+2006.01.03 -- Version 2.1-beta8
 
 * --remap-usr1 will now also remap signals thrown during
   initialization.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f0e4ba87..9090b2bc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
-AC_INIT([OpenVPN], [2.1_beta7b], [openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net], [openvpn])
+AC_INIT([OpenVPN], [2.1_beta8], [openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net], [openvpn])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(syshead.h)