diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp
index dd6e869b1841f7e977050c302113820cc46e50dc..cc1f05ff7989c9841115dde9865a156657bfe2a0 100644
--- a/asdf.lisp
+++ b/asdf.lisp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 ;;;;
 (defparameter *asdf-version*
   ;; the 1+ hair is to ensure that we don't do an inadvertent find and replace
-  (subseq "VERSION:1.607" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
+  (subseq "VERSION:1.608" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
 
 (defun asdf-version ()
   *asdf-version*)