diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
index 1147432385d4ef606273a5d4193dc1a389d5e518..1b94e4e1d607b5fa09b02f64a92ee2b235387cde 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/CoreVersion.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package net.i2p;
 public class CoreVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
-    public final static String VERSION = "0.9.8";
+    public final static String VERSION = "0.9.8.1";
 
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Core version: " + VERSION);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 86ff7641b9a3106590629a906a7f2ccecddf0573..230dbcf62e1e8dd454c75bff115ae2a4cdd5095b 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* 2013-10-02 0.9.8.1 released
+
 2013-10-01 zzz
  * Startup: Fix rekeying on Windows (tickets #1056, 1057)
 
diff --git a/installer/install.xml b/installer/install.xml
index 3a9deabf1b8f7cb22f6e031820d8ec7ea0706969..f9b5a94a8c0b671e1708d89aea69d2a1fd3c95ba 100644
--- a/installer/install.xml
+++ b/installer/install.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <info>
         <appname>i2p</appname>
-        <appversion>0.9.8</appversion>
+        <appversion>0.9.8.1</appversion>
         <authors>
             <author name="I2P" email="http://www.i2p2.de/"/>
         </authors>
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 87e5bffca0684477c0ba8daee48da05fbea99f44..a411b009986dc5f1f6384384ad98aeea42885422 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 1;
+    public final static long BUILD = 0;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";