diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ded4e1b3312a40e6e266f9fc1b18cc4e3017cc2..42df03ff998ddc35190331a3b6628db0ff3412d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ opt(WRAP_PYTHON "Enable generation of Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 4)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")