diff --git a/dashboard/dashboard.go b/dashboard/dashboard.go
index ef841d7a2..210abcd51 100644
--- a/dashboard/dashboard.go
+++ b/dashboard/dashboard.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func New(config *Config, commit string, logdir string) *Dashboard {
 		history: &Message{
 			General: &GeneralMessage{
 				Commit:  commit,
-				Version: fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.%d%s", params.VersionMajor, params.VersionMinor, params.VersionPatch, versionMeta),
+				Version: fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.%d.%d%s", params.VersionMajor, params.VersionMinor, params.VersionPatch, params.VersionCross, versionMeta),
 			},
 			System: &SystemMessage{
 				ActiveMemory:   emptyChartEntries(now, activeMemorySampleLimit, config.Refresh),
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index ec4a7ec3a..2fae09d08 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func makeExtraData(extra []byte) []byte {
 	if len(extra) == 0 {
 		// create default extradata
 		extra, _ = rlp.EncodeToBytes([]interface{}{
-			uint(params.VersionMajor<<16 | params.VersionMinor<<8 | params.VersionPatch),
+			uint(params.VersionMajor<<32 | params.VersionMinor<<16 | params.VersionPatch<<8 | params.VersionCross),
 			"geth",
 			runtime.Version(),
 			runtime.GOOS,
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index d5348b68d..ef15b2a19 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ const (
 	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
 	VersionPatch = 17       // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionCross = 0        // Cross version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.
 var Version = func() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch, VersionCross)
 }()
 
 // VersionWithMeta holds the textual version string including the metadata.