diff --git a/src/get_version.sh b/src/get_version.sh
index d398b225c..7330472a6 100755
--- a/src/get_version.sh
+++ b/src/get_version.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FILE=../include/btstack/version.h
 REVISION=`svnversion | sed "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/"`
 MAJOR=0
-MINOR=4
+MINOR=8
 DATE=`date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S"`
 printf "// BTstack - version.h\n" > $FILE
 printf "// - generated by %s\n" $0>> $FILE
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ printf "#define BTSTACK_MAJOR %u\n"             $MAJOR >> $FILE
 printf "#define BTSTACK_MINOR %u\n"             $MINOR >> $FILE
 printf "#define BTSTACK_REVISION %u\n"          $REVISION >> $FILE
 printf "#define BTSTACK_VERSION \"%u.%u-%u\"\n" $MAJOR $MINOR $REVISION >> $FILE
+printf "#define BTSTACK_DATE \"%s\""			$DATE >> $FILE