diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5baaa830..e87b1013 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+linkchecker (1.8.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Jan 2003 20:20:08 +0100
+
 linkchecker (1.8.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release. (Closes: #175825)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fb070bf9..865ee02c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ myname = "Bastian Kleineidam"
 myemail = "calvin@users.sourceforge.net"
 
 setup (name = "linkchecker",
-       version = "1.8.3",
+       version = "1.8.4",
        description = "check HTML documents for broken links",
        author = myname,
        author_email = myemail,