diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 25435273..9bf9823f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sinclude(acx_nlnetlabs.m4)
 # must be numbers. ac_defun because of later processing.
 m4_define([VERSION_MAJOR],[1])
 m4_define([VERSION_MINOR],[8])
-m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[3])
+m4_define([VERSION_MICRO],[4])
 AC_INIT([ldns],m4_defn([VERSION_MAJOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MINOR]).m4_defn([VERSION_MICRO]),[dns-team@nlnetlabs.nl],[libdns])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([packet.c])
 # needed to build correct soname
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LDNS_VERSION_MICRO, [VERSION_MICRO])
 # ldns-1.8.2 had libversion 7:0:4
 # ldns-1.8.3 has libversion 8:0:5
 #
-AC_SUBST(VERSION_INFO, [8:0:5])
+AC_SUBST(VERSION_INFO, [9:0:6])
 
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 if test "$ac_cv_header_minix_config_h" = "yes"; then