diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index efb92abb283b0bd457cc9cefeb73d1a6761f00c5..1f845e6317332fbbd88304432e901094faeb0940 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 9        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 7        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 9          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 8          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.