diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b9ce11c4..7883a2d6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0MQ version 4.0.8 stable, released on 2015/07/xx
+0MQ version 4.0.8 stable, released on 2016/06/17
 ================================================
 
 * Fixed LIBZMQ-949 - zmq_unbind fails for inproc and wildcard endpoints
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f412942d..a32ec2e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 # ZeroMQ version 3.0: 2:0:0 (ABI version 2)
 # ZeroMQ version 3.1: 3:0:0 (ABI version 3)
 # ZeroMQ version 4.0: 4:0:0 (ABI version 4)
+# ZeroMQ version 4.0.8: 4:1:0 (ABI version 4)
 #
 # libzmq -version-info current:revision:age
-LTVER="4:0:0"
+LTVER="4:1:0"
 AC_SUBST(LTVER)
 
 # Take a copy of original flags