diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b4c71a5d3e82f9074d5cdaaf8a1ec89327610383..f71e1d666f86aee52a81ecea8554d362f665f68b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "license": [
         "GPL-2.0-or-later"
     ],
-    "version": "9.8.0",
+    "version": "9.8.1",
     "support": {
     },
     "repositories": [
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index f3f7db110704656bffac3460e25a7127e3239698..6b62f3d736c86e16a8fcccadcc4b279581bb7555 100644
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $EM_CONF['sg_news'] = [
 	'modify_tables' => '',
 	'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
 	'lockType' => '',
-	'version' => '9.8.0',
+	'version' => '9.8.1',
 	'constraints' => [
 		'depends' => [
 			'typo3' => '9.5.0-10.4.99',