diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 702f53f795..734396dfde 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ version <next>:
 - Apple Core Audio Format muxer
 - 9bit and 10bit H.264 decoding
 - 9bit and 10bit FFV1 encoding / decoding
+- split filter added
 
 
 version 0.7_beta1:
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 02f2ed2f77..4502f3e54a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  2
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR  8
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR  9
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \