diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex.c b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex.c
index f4b2945d970a26fd49d5a8dbcfeacbd8b4d5b5d2..249afea600c842cd66cc51698339a9aa4ea4977a 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex.c
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex.c
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
 #define TeX
 
-int luatex_version = 97;        /* \.{\\luatexversion}  */
+int luatex_version = 98;        /* \.{\\luatexversion}  */
 int luatex_revision = '0';      /* \.{\\luatexrevision}  */
-int luatex_date_info = 2016060720;     /* the compile date is now hardwired */
-const char *luatex_version_string = "0.97.0";
+int luatex_date_info = 2016071717;     /* the compile date is now hardwired */
+const char *luatex_version_string = "0.98.0";
 const char *engine_name = my_name;     /* the name of this engine */
 
 #include <kpathsea/c-ctype.h>