diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 40c7541c..08f8d4e8 100755
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.4.0 for Linux and Mac (Sun Nov 12 2011):
+        Hylke: bla bla derp derp
+
+
 0.2.5 for Linux and Mac (Mon Jul 25 2011):
 
         Hylke: Reimplement notes to be less buggy and backend independent. Polish
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca8c6046..de87cc4a 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 m4_define([sparkleshare_version],
-	[0.2.5])
+	[0.4.0])
 
 m4_define([sparkleshare_asm_version],
-	[0.2.5])
+	[0.4.0])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.54])
 AC_INIT([SparkleShare], sparkleshare_version)