diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3abb57a4ad7c813a8b4c497d9b628f54fe02bc83..64f97b6e484078d95551e385e96f9db9c541ac08 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 hedgedoc:
-  version: 1.9.7
+  version: 1.9.8
   url: localhost
   secretkey: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=128') }}"
   documentMaxLength: 100000