diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index 124bc42d75acfa314c56531f28fce1f244c94266..b2b7f26dec994d0141af9dce8fc22b51c3338d06 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<import file="build-${os.family}.xml"/>
 
     <!-- Careful changing this because release-windows.pl updates it by pattern -->
-<property name="VERSION" value="4.7.0"/>
+<property name="VERSION" value="4.8.0"/>
 
 	<!-- set global properties for this build -->
 	<property name="default-jar-location" location="/usr/share/java"/>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d944cd77252d3ae188eed6ca166466d02ddb48fb..47aa7f5c8491929bdee35c45e8a8d12e60f1dd69 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.7.0)
+AC_INIT(sleuthkit, 4.8.0)
 m4_include([m4/ax_pthread.m4])
 dnl include the version from 1.12.1. This will work for
 m4_include([m4/cppunit.m4])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0d09c5daf67f69edc04998773f8b1a927fd042e3..768f923d4c9a6a7d29410e1b979db1fb7c4b83bb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sleuthkit-java (4.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+sleuthkit-java (4.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)  <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
 
diff --git a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
index fae334721d480b7b6bceee8fd712528460364408..9fc3bd7bbb9cfeb20fde972ee23f9bb1d68049e4 100644
--- a/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
+++ b/debian/sleuthkit-java.install
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 bindings/java/lib/sqlite-jdbc-3.25.2.jar /usr/share/java
-bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.7.0.jar /usr/share/java
+bindings/java/dist/sleuthkit-4.8.0.jar /usr/share/java
 
diff --git a/packages/sleuthkit.spec b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
index 5ad496c55079cfc061bef7ca4a61d33719d038c3..e4d5b16e5b7529b4c7798e00d48a470e55280e12 100644
--- a/packages/sleuthkit.spec
+++ b/packages/sleuthkit.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:		sleuthkit	
-Version:	4.7.0
+Version:	4.8.0
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of command line tools that allow you to investigate volume and file system data.	
 
diff --git a/tsk/Makefile.am b/tsk/Makefile.am
index 232303ea5f6ea14dc6f533ca8e10f3bca2610ccb..d66d3126cc87f4f5ed2bd2caaa7735099552e5b7 100644
--- a/tsk/Makefile.am
+++ b/tsk/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ libtsk_la_LIBADD = base/libtskbase.la img/libtskimg.la \
     vs/libtskvs.la fs/libtskfs.la hashdb/libtskhashdb.la \
     auto/libtskauto.la pool/libtskpool.la util/libtskutil.la
 # current:revision:age
-libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 19:0:0 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
+libtsk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 20:0:1 $(LIBTSK_LDFLAGS)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = tsk_tools_i.h docs/Doxyfile docs/*.dox docs/*.html
diff --git a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
index fb3e50d9f8f5f4a323263a9b863b2e28af50cb2c..47b1e50dc1875eabda0c42c42a7a26c17d6b48b1 100644
--- a/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
+++ b/tsk/base/tsk_base.h
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
  * 3.1.2b1 would be 0x03010201.  Snapshot from Jan 2, 2003 would be
  * 0xFF030102.
  * See TSK_VERSION_STR for string form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x040700ff
+#define TSK_VERSION_NUM 0x040800ff
 
 /** Version of code in string form. See TSK_VERSION_NUM for
  * integer form. */
-#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.7.0"
+#define TSK_VERSION_STR "4.8.0"
 
 
 /* include the TSK-specific header file that we created in autoconf