diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 350acddf2..b0ce1dbad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 55)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 0)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 1)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})
 
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index bced7b5a6..88e3759e1 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    0
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    1
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        55
 
 /**