diff --git a/paramiko/_version.py b/paramiko/_version.py
index 9a148918b..d2b75146e 100644
--- a/paramiko/_version.py
+++ b/paramiko/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # last version component is odd for pre-release development, even for stable release
-__version_info__ = (2, 8, 3)
+__version_info__ = (2, 8, 4)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))