diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ed7bf0f3..8578a9fb9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0MQ version 4.1.8 stable, released on 20xx/xx/xx
+0MQ version 4.1.8 stable, released on 2020/09/07
 ================================================
 
 * Security advisories:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26107310f..2154ece45 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 # ZeroMQ version 4.1.5: 5:1:0 (ABI version 5)
 # ZeroMQ version 4.1.6: 5:2:0 (ABI version 5)
 # ZeroMQ version 4.1.7: 5:3:0 (ABI version 5)
+# ZeroMQ version 4.1.8: 5:4:0 (ABI version 5)
 #
 # libzmq -version-info current:revision:age
-LTVER="5:3:0"
+LTVER="5:4:0"
 AC_SUBST(LTVER)
 
 # Take a copy of original flags
diff --git a/include/zmq.h b/include/zmq.h
index 8c949b721..335e61355 100644
--- a/include/zmq.h
+++ b/include/zmq.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 /*  Version macros for compile-time API version detection                     */
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR 4
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR 1
-#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 7
+#define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 8
 
 #define ZMQ_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch) \
     ((major) * 10000 + (minor) * 100 + (patch))