diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 6388cbe..0ea4fed 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+2.098 2025-01-06
 - add licence information
 
 2.097 2024-12-09
diff --git a/ENVI.pm b/ENVI.pm
index dbeef11..6b7a76b 100755
--- a/ENVI.pm
+++ b/ENVI.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw( readenvi readenvi_hdr );
 our @EXPORT = @EXPORT_OK;
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( Func=>[@EXPORT_OK] );
 
-our $VERSION = "2.097";
+our $VERSION = "2.098";
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 our $verbose = 0;  # for diagnostics