diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index d92592e16..13d6b3caa 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 klayout is packaged by Peter C.S. Scholtens <peter.scholtens@xs4all.nl>
 and Matthias Köfferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>
-and was obtained from https://www.klayout.org/downloads/source/klayout-0.26.7.tar.gz
+and was obtained from https://www.klayout.org/downloads/source/klayout-0.26.8.tar.gz
 
 Authors:
 	Matthias Köfferlein
diff --git a/Changelog.Debian b/Changelog.Debian
index 38ee20b12..a6ed65858 100644
--- a/Changelog.Debian
+++ b/Changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+klayout (0.26.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New features and bugfixes
+    - See changelog
+
+ -- Matthias Köfferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>  Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:30:57 +0200
+
 klayout (0.26.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New features and bugfixes
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index c32cf964e..e9ac7a429 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # This script is sourced to define the main version parameters
 
 # The main version
-KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.26.7"
+KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.26.8"
 
 # The version used for PyPI (don't use variables here!)
-KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION="0.26.7"
+KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION="0.26.8"
 
 # The build date
 KLAYOUT_VERSION_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")