diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 2c13487c3..6c3c6847e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+0.99.8
+
+* TODO
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.99.7
+
+* added some homebrew workarounds to the build process.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 0.99.6
 
 * added some homebrew workarounds to the build process.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ea1a0b47..bbb7996bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(musikcube)
 set (musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set (musikcube_VERSION_MINOR 99)
-set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 6)
+set (musikcube_VERSION_PATCH 8)
 set (musikcube_VERSION "${musikcube_VERSION_MAJOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_MINOR}.${musikcube_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set (LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins)
 set (EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/musikcube.spec b/musikcube.spec
index 8121ee848..b6f6adac9 100644
--- a/musikcube.spec
+++ b/musikcube.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name musikcube
 %define build_timestamp %{lua: print(os.date("%Y%m%d"))}
-%define version 0.99.6
+%define version 0.99.8
 Name: %{name}
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{dist}
diff --git a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
index d5f70df9c..d5d8ba509 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
+++ b/src/musikcore/sdk/version.h
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 
 #define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_MINOR 99
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 6
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "0.99.6"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#55410fe2"
-#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "0.99.6-#55410fe2"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_PATCH 8
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION "0.99.8"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_COMMIT_HASH "#01addae6"
+#define MUSIKCUBE_VERSION_WITH_COMMIT_HASH "0.99.8-#01addae6"
 
 namespace musik {
     namespace cube {
diff --git a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc
index 44b370601..2572017cb 100644
Binary files a/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc and b/src/musikcube/musikcube.rc differ