diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4dc656ea6..b233aca8e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2710,9 +2710,9 @@ orig_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 #
 SDL_MAJOR_VERSION=2
 SDL_MINOR_VERSION=0
-SDL_MICRO_VERSION=7
+SDL_MICRO_VERSION=8
 SDL_INTERFACE_AGE=0
-SDL_BINARY_AGE=7
+SDL_BINARY_AGE=8
 SDL_VERSION=$SDL_MAJOR_VERSION.$SDL_MINOR_VERSION.$SDL_MICRO_VERSION