diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5fc29baab..e865138a81 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhac
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.40.07")
+set(DF_VERSION "0.40.08")
 SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r0" CACHE STRING "Current release revision.")
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 7c9ca91de4..76078fe30e 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7c9ca91de4182e0f71dd617b4dbcea91f29fb886
+Subproject commit 76078fe30e6333a693bcdc392af150383967e7d1