diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 1b98c005b..731368a89 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use Shorewall::Raw;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw( compiler EXPORT TIMESTAMP DEBUG );
 our @EXPORT_OK = qw( $export );
-our $VERSION = '4.4_7';
+our $VERSION = '4.4_8';
 
 our $export;