diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9f5660c5..9958dc33c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 4)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 65)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index fa8d0d323..b01c8072b 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    8
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    3
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    4
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        65
 
 /** convinience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.