diff --git a/util/mirror-tarballs b/util/mirror-tarballs
index 59fafee..38fbcc1 100755
--- a/util/mirror-tarballs
+++ b/util/mirror-tarballs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ mv openresty-drizzle-nginx-module-* drizzle-nginx-module-$ver || exit 1
 
 #################################
 
-ver=0.9.7
+ver=0.9.8
 $root/util/get-tarball "https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/tarball/v$ver" -O lua-nginx-module-$ver.tar.gz || exit 1
 tar -xzf lua-nginx-module-$ver.tar.gz || exit 1
 mv openresty-lua-nginx-module-* ngx_lua-$ver || exit 1
diff --git a/util/ver b/util/ver
index daba0b6..bf412f6 100755
--- a/util/ver
+++ b/util/ver
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 main_ver=1.7.0
-minor_ver=1rc0
+minor_ver=1rc1
 version=$main_ver.$minor_ver
 echo $version