diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9ec31dc376..16166cf4d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-03-10  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: bump gstreamer API number to 0.8
+
 2004-03-09  Ronald Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* ext/ffmpeg/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/common b/common
index 4eb02711e4..5557aa074c 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4eb02711e49a6aadf900d6fd9d220c17115fec2a
+Subproject commit 5557aa074c4836b2cc9eac0e1519323df1cb876f
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d7a0123bfe..2bbe1fa6fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ GST_REQ=0.7.5
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)
 
 dnl our libraries and install dirs use major.minor as a version
-GST_MAJORMINOR=$GST_FFMPEG_VERSION_MAJOR.$GST_FFMPEG_VERSION_MINOR
+#GST_MAJORMINOR=$GST_FFMPEG_VERSION_MAJOR.$GST_FFMPEG_VERSION_MINOR
+dnl hack while GST_MAJORMINOR doesn't match the release
+GST_MAJORMINOR=0.8
 AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
                                                                                 
 dnl CURRENT, REVISION, AGE