Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni will return to Law & Order: SVU! Hargitay and Meloni have negotiated their return to the show, with sources saying the pair each have a one year contract on L&O, with an option for a second year.

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni have upped their salaries with the new contract as well as negotiated a piece of backend SVU profits, putting them in the ballpark of $400,000 per episode.

In other Law & Order: SVU news, Christine Lahti will guest star on next season’s first four episodes.