diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5af3508..62e21807 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+llvm-toolchain-8 (1:8.0.1-1~svn) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release (prepare)
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:59:46 +0200
+
 llvm-toolchain-8 (1:8-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix the FTBFS on mips (introduced by my previous change)
diff --git a/debian/orig-tar.sh b/debian/orig-tar.sh
index 53129c3a..b94e0b60 100755
--- a/debian/orig-tar.sh
+++ b/debian/orig-tar.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set -e
 
 SVN_BASE_URL=https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/
 MAJOR_VERSION=8
-CURRENT_VERSION=8 # Should be changed to 3.5.1 later
+CURRENT_VERSION=8.0.1 # Should be changed to 3.5.1 later
 
 if test -n "$1"; then
 # https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/{cfe,llvm,compiler-rt,...}/branches/google/stable/