diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ce27120..3aaf8018 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in current version:
+Changes in 1.4.1-beta:
  o free minheap on event_base_free(); from Christopher Layne
  o debug cleanups in signal.c; from Christopher Layne
  o provide event_base_new() that does not set the current_base global	
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c5e721f0..d2f1f21d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl configure.in for libevent
 dnl Dug Song <dugsong@monkey.org>
 AC_INIT(event.c)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,1.4.0-beta)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,1.4.1-beta)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE