diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ed3090218..5aae85490 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 8.2devel.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 8.4devel.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Citus'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='citus'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='8.2devel'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 8.2devel'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='8.4devel'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 8.4devel'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Citus 8.2devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Citus 8.4devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 8.2devel:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 8.4devel:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Citus configure 8.2devel
+Citus configure 8.4devel
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Citus $as_me 8.2devel, which was
+It was created by Citus $as_me 8.4devel, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Citus $as_me 8.2devel, which was
+This file was extended by Citus $as_me 8.4devel, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4803,7 +4803,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Citus config.status 8.2devel
+Citus config.status 8.4devel
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index af9ebc2a3..04675e2dd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # everyone needing autoconf installed, the resulting files are checked
 # into the SCM.
 
-AC_INIT([Citus], [8.2devel])
+AC_INIT([Citus], [8.4devel])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 2012-2017, Citus Data, Inc.])
 
 # we'll need sed and awk for some of the version commands
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.2-4--8.4-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.2-4--8.4-1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ff2bd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus--8.2-4--8.4-1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* citus--8.2-4--8.4-1 */
+
+/* bump version to 8.4-1 */
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index 316b6afe8..7fc1b6329 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '8.2-4';
 SHOW citus.version;
  citus.version 
 ---------------
- 8.2devel
+ 8.4devel
 (1 row)
 
 -- ensure no objects were created outside pg_catalog
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ RESET citus.enable_version_checks;
 DROP EXTENSION citus;
 CREATE EXTENSION citus VERSION '5.0';
 ERROR:  specified version incompatible with loaded Citus library
-DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 8.2, but 5.0 was specified.
+DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 8.4, but 5.0 was specified.
 HINT:  If a newer library is present, restart the database and try the command again.
 -- Test non-distributed queries work even in version mismatch
 SET citus.enable_version_checks TO 'false';
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ ORDER BY 1;
 -- We should not distribute table in version mistmatch
 SELECT create_distributed_table('version_mismatch_table', 'column1');
 ERROR:  loaded Citus library version differs from installed extension version
-DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 8.2, but the installed extension version is 6.2-1.
+DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 8.4, but the installed extension version is 6.2-1.
 HINT:  Run ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE and try again.
 -- This function will cause fail in next ALTER EXTENSION
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.citus_table_size(table_name regclass)