diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e66baddee..97d96fe22 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 
-AC_INIT(unbound, 0.8, unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl, unbound)
+AC_INIT(unbound, 0.9, unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl, unbound)
 
 CFLAGS=
 AC_AIX
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 744c86447..32872c241 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	  have a SOA record in authority, so this is OK for the validator),
 	  and NS record is needed to be a referral.
 	- duplicate checking when adding NSECs for a CNAME, and test.
+	- created svn tag 0.8, after completing testbed tests.
 
 27 November 2007: Wouter
 	- per suggestion in rfc2308, replaced default max-ttl value with 1 day.