diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f9645210..6625f0f86 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 5)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 7)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 8)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 150)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated