diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index e8fcb0ad45..00ba2c765b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fun runCommand(command: String): String {
     return String(byteOut.toByteArray()).trim()
 }
 
-val _versionName = "1.9.7"
+val _versionName = "1.9.8"
 val betaCount by lazy {
     val betaTags = runCommand("git tag -l --sort=refname v${_versionName}-b*")