diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f9b135ae00967e2717d9695382b80897db6e37ed..476542b6cc95f8c0df7c88a3c64424c50bbdb6e2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dnl Basic autotools settings.
 dnl ######################################################################
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 dnl Update the corresponding entry in doc/Doxyfile when changing this
-AC_INIT([yaxt],[0.6.0],[hanke@dkrz.de],,
+AC_INIT([yaxt],[0.8.0],[hanke@dkrz.de],,
   [http://www.dkrz.de/redmine/projects/yaxt])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/xt_idxlist.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0f677e96ef0d91a45b8f254cbeda62c12a9e5b3c..6efcf9188848745f5e9ff5a4490cadfac86af684 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ libyaxt_la_SOURCES =						\
 	yaxt.f90
 
 libyaxt_la_LIBADD = libyaxt_c.la $(MPI_FC_LIB)
-libyaxt_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:0:3
-libyaxt_c_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 4:0:3
+libyaxt_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 5:0:4
+libyaxt_c_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 5:0:4
 
 if OMPI_DT_WORKAROUND
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libompi_workaround.la