diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7cf00702..0650d56a5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # See the LICENSE file for the license associated with this file.
 
-AC_INIT([libtpms],[0.9.7])
+AC_INIT([libtpms],[0.9.8])
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(Makefile.am)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
diff --git a/dist/libtpms.spec b/dist/libtpms.spec
index 0306ac56a..5c1c497a4 100644
--- a/dist/libtpms.spec
+++ b/dist/libtpms.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # --- libtpm rpm-spec ---
 
 %define name      libtpms
-%define version   0.9.7
+%define version   0.9.8
 %define release   1
 
 # Valid crypto subsystems are 'freebl' and 'openssl'
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libtpms.la
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+
 * Tue Jun 10 2025 Stefan Berger - 0.9.7-1
 - tpm2: Fix potential out-of-bound access & abort due to HMAC signing issue (CVE-2025-49133)
 - tpm2: Remove assigned-to value to offset because it is unused (Coverity)
diff --git a/include/libtpms/tpm_library.h b/include/libtpms/tpm_library.h
index ceb0033ac..6cde5f4a4 100644
--- a/include/libtpms/tpm_library.h
+++ b/include/libtpms/tpm_library.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define TPM_LIBRARY_VER_MAJOR 0
 #define TPM_LIBRARY_VER_MINOR 9
-#define TPM_LIBRARY_VER_MICRO 7
+#define TPM_LIBRARY_VER_MICRO 8
 
 #define TPM_LIBRARY_VERSION_GEN(MAJ, MIN, MICRO) \
     (( MAJ << 16 ) | ( MIN << 8 ) | ( MICRO ))
diff --git a/src/tpm_library.c b/src/tpm_library.c
index 20153b7b4..9000c5d5d 100644
--- a/src/tpm_library.c
+++ b/src/tpm_library.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static unsigned char *TPMLIB_GetPlaintext(const char *stream,
                                           const char *endtag,
                                           size_t *length)
 {
-    char *start, *end;
+    const char *start, *end;
     unsigned char *plaintext = NULL;
 
     start = strstr(stream, starttag);