diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index f050dac0..f3ea590d 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 
 #define LUA_VERSION_MAJOR	"5"
 #define LUA_VERSION_MINOR	"4"
-#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"7"
+#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"8"
 
 #define LUA_VERSION_NUM			504
-#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE_NUM		(LUA_VERSION_NUM * 100 + 7)
+#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE_NUM		(LUA_VERSION_NUM * 100 + 8)
 
 #define LUA_VERSION	"Lua " LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR
 #define LUA_RELEASE	LUA_VERSION "." LUA_VERSION_RELEASE
-#define LUA_COPYRIGHT	LUA_RELEASE "  Copyright (C) 1994-2024 Lua.org, PUC-Rio"
+#define LUA_COPYRIGHT	LUA_RELEASE "  Copyright (C) 1994-2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio"
 #define LUA_AUTHORS	"R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, W. Celes"
 
 
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ struct lua_Debug {
 
 
 /******************************************************************************
-* Copyright (C) 1994-2024 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+* Copyright (C) 1994-2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/manual/2html b/manual/2html
index 4a3e5771..1588c1e6 100755
--- a/manual/2html
+++ b/manual/2html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes
 <p>
 <small>
 <a href="http://www.lua.org/copyright.html">Copyright</a>
-&copy; 2024 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.  All rights reserved.
+&copy; 2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.  All rights reserved.
 </small>
 <hr>
 
diff --git a/testes/all.lua b/testes/all.lua
index 5df0ff9b..413d4da2 100644
--- a/testes/all.lua
+++ b/testes/all.lua
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ print("final OK !!!")
 
 --[[
 *****************************************************************************
-* Copyright (C) 1994-2016 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+* Copyright (C) 1994-2025 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the