diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index af7b088..0797987 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-ENet CVS (10-12-07):
+ENet CVS (1-8-2008):
 
+* fixed bug in VERIFY_CONNECT acknowledgement that could cause connect
+attempts to occasionally timeout
 * fixed acknowledgements to check both the outgoing and sent queues
 when removing acknowledged packets
 * fixed accidental bit rot in the MSVC project file
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 178a623..47da5fe 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-AC_INIT(libenet, 10-12-2007)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libenet.a, 10-12-2007)
+AC_INIT(libenet, 1-8-2008)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libenet.a, 1-8-2008)
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_RANLIB