diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c54efc49..a80e610a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/07/17
+Fail2Ban (version 0.8.4)                           2008/??/??
 =============================================================
 
+ver. 0.8.4 (2008/??/??) - stable
+----------
+
 ver. 0.8.3 (2008/07/17) - stable
 ----------
 - Process failtickets as long as failmanager is not empty.
diff --git a/README b/README
index d413aca7..43363ea8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.8.3)                           2008/07/17
+Fail2Ban (version 0.8.4)                           2008/??/??
 =============================================================
 
 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Optional:
 
 To install, just do:
 
-> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.3.tar.bz2
-> cd fail2ban-0.8.3
+> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.4.tar.bz2
+> cd fail2ban-0.8.4
 > python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The
diff --git a/common/version.py b/common/version.py
index 8da11b94..a2bb1b41 100644
--- a/common/version.py
+++ b/common/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.3-SVN"