diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1e6c439aafb6995a82f80a1cfeaa4e13d6b4e123..7f084c5bdc9ffdb7e43936ee6b7969fe5e69295f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.98 (2015-04-09)
+-----------------
+ * shellinabox: do not run in debug mode, it is much slower !
+
 0.97 (2015-03-26)
 -----------------
  * switch softwaretype recipe: the recipe is backward compatible with old slapos node packages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d537a36c91ae66fc4d25f6243397c74f93d1df48..59538ba43329cb3b69348240b9de4d58f7a0e00f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 import os
 
-version = '0.97.dev'
+version = '0.98'
 name = 'slapos.cookbook'
 long_description = open("README.txt").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.txt").read() + "\n"