diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e74d21ee59..7783f6bfec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-12-23  Lars Gullik Bjonnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: pre3
+
 2005-12-23  Lars Gullik Bjonnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
 
 	* autogen.sh (AUTOMAKE): add --force-missing to args.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d1b057383..be43c72f3a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script   -*- sh -*-
 
-AC_INIT(LyX,1.4.0cvs,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
+AC_INIT(LyX,1.4.0pre3,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.C)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])