diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abf671a09..ee9e925ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-08  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Add -head to CAIRO_VERSION after tagging with
+	SNAPSHOT_0_4_0.
+
 2005-03-08  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
 
 	* gtk-doc.make (dist-check-gtkdoc): Commit workaround to prevent
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5ee585e73..351319f6f 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=0.4.0
+CAIRO_VERSION=0.4.0-head
 
 # libtool shared library version