From 203e1f4e9907edc1774525e1aefd6428b76cb733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Helfman <witten@torsion.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 08:01:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version for release.

---
 NEWS           | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 804d283d..d2947fbc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.9.8.dev0
+1.9.8
  * #979: Fix root patterns so they don't have an invalid "sh:" prefix before getting passed to Borg.
  * Expand the recent contributors documentation section to include ticket submitters—not just code
    contributors—because there are multiple ways to contribute to the project! See:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5195322..2453e6b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "borgmatic"
-version = "1.9.8.dev0"
+version = "1.9.8"
 authors = [
   { name="Dan Helfman", email="witten@torsion.org" },
 ]