diff --git a/staging/VERSION b/staging/VERSION
index aed56dac..38e0160c 100644
--- a/staging/VERSION
+++ b/staging/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Wine Staging 9.7
+Wine Staging 9.8
diff --git a/staging/upstream-commit b/staging/upstream-commit
index ef5742ca..aeaf2091 100644
--- a/staging/upstream-commit
+++ b/staging/upstream-commit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-013f54af1f721dce651c85f87a5339ba3cb9d4a1
+655de4b0bf09746cd163dc771abd2c0f3c777447