diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 188ac78ba..8db8e3e9c 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-firejail (0.9.38.7) baseline; urgency=low
-  * development version
+firejail (0.9.38.8) baseline; urgency=low
   * security: root exploit found by Sebastian Krahmer
- -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 10:00:00 -0500
+ -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 10:00:00 -0500
 
 firejail (0.9.38.6) baseline; urgency=low
   * security: overwrite /etc/resolv.conf found by Martin Carpenter
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a1d2bb523..a5ad62dba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.38.7.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.38.8.
 #
 # Report bugs to <netblue30@yahoo.com>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='firejail'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='firejail'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.38.7'
-PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.38.7'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.38.8'
+PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.38.8'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='netblue30@yahoo.com'
 PACKAGE_URL='http://firejail.wordpress.com'
 
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.38.7 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.38.8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.38.7:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.38.8:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-firejail configure 0.9.38.7
+firejail configure 0.9.38.8
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.38.7, which was
+It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.38.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4140,7 +4140,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.38.7, which was
+This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.38.8, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-firejail config.status 0.9.38.7
+firejail config.status 0.9.38.8
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a9eb6dff6..72a660c4a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT(firejail, 0.9.38.7, netblue30@yahoo.com, , http://firejail.wordpress.com)
+AC_INIT(firejail, 0.9.38.8, netblue30@yahoo.com, , http://firejail.wordpress.com)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/firejail/main.c])
 #AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])