diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 56c385e5..f10fc310 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 News for libStorageMgmt
 
+1.9.8: Apr 17 2023
+    * FIPS correction
+      https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/pull/528
+
 1.9.7: Jan 27 2023
     * Fix megaraid for PERC H330 Adapter
       https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/issues/520
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fbc8092f..8b632b13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
 dnl See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
-AC_INIT([libstoragemgmt],[1.9.7],[libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],[],[https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/])
+AC_INIT([libstoragemgmt],[1.9.8],[libstoragemgmt-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org],[],[https://github.com/libstorage/libstoragemgmt/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])