diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
index c6ee9c4..673f64c 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ __revision__ = """$Revision$"""[11:-2]
 version_info = (
     1,
     1,
-    7,
+    8,
     "final",
     1)
 if version_info[3] == "final": __version__ = "%d.%d.%d" % version_info[:3]
diff --git a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
index 647f7e6..f306445 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
+++ b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#define version_info "(1,1,7,'final',1)"
-#define __version__ "1.1.7"
+#define version_info "(1,1,8,'final',1)"
+#define __version__ "1.1.8"
 /*
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/MySQLdb/setup.py b/MySQLdb/setup.py
index 5a12aba..d21ea6d 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/setup.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ embedded_server = (mysqlclient == 'mysqld')
 name = "MySQL-%s" % os.path.basename(sys.executable)
 if embedded_server:
     name = name + "-embedded"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 
 # include files and library locations should cover most platforms
 include_dirs = [