diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 65d736968c96b39d268aca17466181eb8a5a5272..4681aeb7220b7e1a8b100db4f2a9aacd52d59def 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([openocd], [0.4.0-rc2-dev],
+AC_INIT([openocd], [0.4.0],
   [OpenOCD Mailing List <openocd-development@lists.berlios.de>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/openocd.c])