diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1ce80bad..317c05330 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-09  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Add -head to CAIRO_VERSION after tagging with
+	RELEASE_0_9_0.
+
 2005-08-08  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Added notes for release 0.9.0.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bb38c53c9..6a510895c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_INIT(src/cairo.h)
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 # Package version number, (as distinct from shared library version)
-CAIRO_VERSION=0.9.0
+CAIRO_VERSION=0.9.0-head
 
 # libtool shared library version