diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a168a3467c..28f73279a7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script   -*- sh -*-
 
 AC_INIT(LyX,2.0.0svn,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
 # Use ISO format only. The frontend needs to parse this
-AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2008-11-15"])
+AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2009-03-25"])
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.cpp)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])