diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4882ba314bfe967c5f57c13b8484dd26b59a5d6e..fc09bcbc02c235f56266aae91a5600411624755d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -115,5 +115,6 @@
             "simplesamlphp/composer-module-installer": true,
             "composer/package-versions-deprecated": true
         }
-    }
+    },
+    "version": "1.19.8"
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index f7fa4627bdc19358ebec55cdcf7af08249262ad2..dc05d8f3bff0169dfc6b3c8326d313fac23e331c 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "66ba688162b1095f047d65939a726624",
+    "content-hash": "dc052523b43249ea95a526cdcd7757d2",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "gettext/gettext",
diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
index 8fa5abb5130f69a4220eb330baac5de950716f85..74cb13e837fd9a410c77729f26c712f64dca3f18 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ SimpleSAMLphp changelog
 This document lists the changes between versions of SimpleSAMLphp.
 See the upgrade notes for specific information about upgrading.
 
+## Version 1.19.8
+
+Released 2-3-2023
+
+  * Dependencies have been bumped
+
 ## Version 1.19.7
 
 Released 5-12-2022
diff --git a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
index 6975c414c00d6be73ac2a6ec3e9248f2203d6b9f..c7f3058250ea7978f672f33fa407999123371725 100644
--- a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
+++ b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name      simplesamlphp
 %define summary   SAML IDP/SP written in PHP
-%define version   1.19.7
+%define version   1.19.8
 %define release   1
 %define license   LGPL 2.1
 %define group     Networking/WWW
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 4011a2b72db7f30fa21817e8d60a8cba0c782806..cad132b320a49d223dd4fab83080dee9cdeca1b5 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Configuration implements Utils\ClearableState
     /**
      * The release version of this package
      */
-    public const VERSION = '1.19.7';
+    public const VERSION = '1.19.8';
 
     /**
      * A default value which means that the given option is required.