diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d698a84..8779dff 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ matrix:
       r_check_args: '--use-valgrind'
       sudo: required
     - os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode8.3
+      osx_image: xcode9.1
       brew_packages: openssl@1.1
       latex: false
     - os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode8.3
+      osx_image: xcode9.1
       brew_packages: openssl
       latex: false
     - os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode8.3
+      osx_image: xcode9.1
       brew_packages: libressl
       latex: false
     - os: osx
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b810dd3..e7ca63c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: openssl
 Type: Package
 Title: Toolkit for Encryption, Signatures and Certificates Based on OpenSSL
-Version: 0.9.7
+Version: 0.9.8
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", , "jeroen@berkeley.edu", role = c("cre", "aut")),
     person("Oliver", "Keyes", role = "ctb"))
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0e964cb..ba24aea 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.9.8
+ - Fix build on OSX Mavericks
+
 0.9.7
  - Configure script checks SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER to find matching lib
  - Added internal stopifnot() replacement to give more helpful error mesasges