diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b828b40b..48cb86a3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-03-12  Theodore A. Roth  <troth@openavr.org>
+
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Set version to 4.0.0cvs since we're done
+	with 4.0.0 release.
+
+2003-03-12
+	* AVRDUDE 4.0.0 has been released (cvs release tag is "release_4_0_0").
+
 2003-03-11  Theodore A. Roth  <troth@openavr.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Add CLEANFILES to remove all files from a make.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 07e9690b..41ff0b2d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 4.0.0, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 4.0.0cvs, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST