diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 341ba10333..31e9aa76f1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 #  $Id$
 #
 
-RTEMS Version 19981215
+RTEMS Version 19981217
diff --git a/c/src/exec/sapi/include/rtems/sptables.h b/c/src/exec/sapi/include/rtems/sptables.h
index 759fd59314..c44bfa9792 100644
--- a/c/src/exec/sapi/include/rtems/sptables.h
+++ b/c/src/exec/sapi/include/rtems/sptables.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const rtems_multiprocessing_table
  *  This is the version string.
  */
 
-#define RTEMS_VERSION "rtems-19981215"
+#define RTEMS_VERSION "rtems-19981217"
 
 const char _RTEMS_version[] =
   "RTEMS RELEASE " RTEMS_VERSION