diff --git a/clients/java/client/build.sbt b/clients/java/client/build.sbt
index 03c8075..0969ce2 100644
--- a/clients/java/client/build.sbt
+++ b/clients/java/client/build.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name := "client"
 // orgnization name (e.g., the package name of the project)
 organization := "org.relevanced"
 
-version := "0.9.7-SNAPSHOT"
+version := "0.9.8-SNAPSHOT"
 
 // project description
 description := "Java client for relevanced text similarity server."
diff --git a/clients/nodejs/client/package.json b/clients/nodejs/client/package.json
index 337d23f..d266e23 100644
--- a/clients/nodejs/client/package.json
+++ b/clients/nodejs/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "relevanced-client",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "client for relevanced-server",
   "main": "index.js",
   "homepage": "http://www.relevanced.org",
diff --git a/clients/python/client/relevanced_client/version.py b/clients/python/client/relevanced_client/version.py
index 51bdc7e..5c88673 100644
--- a/clients/python/client/relevanced_client/version.py
+++ b/clients/python/client/relevanced_client/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '0.9.7'
+VERSION = '0.9.8'
diff --git a/clients/ruby/client/relevanced_client.gemspec b/clients/ruby/client/relevanced_client.gemspec
index b477d71..c1195a3 100644
--- a/clients/ruby/client/relevanced_client.gemspec
+++ b/clients/ruby/client/relevanced_client.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.name        = 'relevanced_client'
-    s.version     = '0.9.7'
-    s.date        = '2015-11-29'
+    s.version     = '0.9.8'
+    s.date        = '2015-11-30'
     s.summary     = "relevanced client"
     s.description = "Ruby client for relevanced-server"
     s.authors     = ["Scott Ivey"]
diff --git a/scripts/packaging/build_deb.sh b/scripts/packaging/build_deb.sh
index beed396..83798f3 100755
--- a/scripts/packaging/build_deb.sh
+++ b/scripts/packaging/build_deb.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ UBUNTU_DEPS="libboost-all-dev (>= 1.54.0),\
 
 MAKE_SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/make_linux_package.sh"
 
-$MAKE_SCRIPT -t deb -i 0.9.7 -d $UBUNTU_DEPS
+$MAKE_SCRIPT -t deb -i 0.9.8 -d $UBUNTU_DEPS
diff --git a/scripts/packaging/make_linux_package.sh b/scripts/packaging/make_linux_package.sh
index 87850cd..cccf8c7 100755
--- a/scripts/packaging/make_linux_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/packaging/make_linux_package.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_BUILD_DIR/deb"
 PROJECT_BIN_BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/build/bin"
 BUILT_SERVER_BINARY="$PROJECT_BIN_BUILD_DIR/src/relevanced_static"
 
-PACKAGE_VERSION="0.9.7"
+PACKAGE_VERSION="0.9.8"
 
 PACKAGE_ARCH=`uname -m`
 PACKAGE_ITERATION=""