diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d7d37ff77..e914a426e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  OpenSSL CHANGES
  _______________
 
- Changes between 0.9.8w and 0.9.8x [xx XXX xxxx]
+ Changes between 0.9.8w and 0.9.8x [10 May 2012]
 
   *) Sanity check record length before skipping explicit IV in DTLS
      to fix DoS attack.
diff --git a/README b/README
index f472e9efe..fea385336 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
- OpenSSL 0.9.8x-dev
+ OpenSSL 0.9.8x 10 May 2012
 
  Copyright (c) 1998-2011 The OpenSSL Project
  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS
index 427e739db..b547f5057 100644
--- a/STATUS
+++ b/STATUS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
   OpenSSL STATUS                           Last modified at
-  ______________                           $Date: 2012/04/23 21:03:04 $
+  ______________                           $Date: 2012/05/10 14:36:07 $
 
   DEVELOPMENT STATE
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     o  OpenSSL 1.0.0b: Released on November  16th, 2010
     o  OpenSSL 1.0.0a: Released on June      1st,  2010
     o  OpenSSL 1.0.0:  Released on March     29th, 2010
+    o  OpenSSL 0.9.8x: Released on May       10th, 2012
     o  OpenSSL 0.9.8w: Released on April     23rd, 2012
     o  OpenSSL 0.9.8v: Released on April     19th, 2012
     o  OpenSSL 0.9.8u: Released on March     12th, 2012
diff --git a/crypto/opensslv.h b/crypto/opensslv.h
index 9d4f04a6b..516940c88 100644
--- a/crypto/opensslv.h
+++ b/crypto/opensslv.h
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
  * (Prior to 0.9.5a beta1, a different scheme was used: MMNNFFRBB for
  *  major minor fix final patch/beta)
  */
-#define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER	0x00908180L
+#define OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER	0x0090818fL
 #ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
-#define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT	"OpenSSL 0.9.8x-fips-dev xx XXX xxxx"
+#define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT	"OpenSSL 0.9.8x-fips 10 May 2012"
 #else
-#define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT	"OpenSSL 0.9.8x-dev xx XXX xxxx"
+#define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT	"OpenSSL 0.9.8x 10 May 2012"
 #endif
 #define OPENSSL_VERSION_PTEXT	" part of " OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT