diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d669554f4..e4f652f67 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [51])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [7])
-m4_define([release_date],       [2023-09-21])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [8])
+m4_define([release_date],       [2023-11-16])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE],release_date)
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index fe32cc996..14b527a23 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.7\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.8\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-09-21 15:34+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-11-16 11:22+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"