diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08c5ef59..d7cfca2d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Changes in 2.0.9-(rc/stable) (?? Nov/Dec 2010):
+ [Not released yet; see the git log for now.]
+
+
+
 Changes in 2.0.8-rc (14 Oct 2010):
  [Autogenerated from the Git log, sorted and cleaned by hand.]
 NEW APIS
diff --git a/WIN32-Code/event2/event-config.h b/WIN32-Code/event2/event-config.h
index b540f6e5..e2b25c60 100644
--- a/WIN32-Code/event2/event-config.h
+++ b/WIN32-Code/event2/event-config.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 /* #undef _EVENT_HAVE_WORKING_KQUEUE */
 
 /* Numeric representation of the version */
-#define _EVENT_NUMERIC_VERSION 0x02000800
+#define _EVENT_NUMERIC_VERSION 0x02000801
 
 /* Name of package */
 #define _EVENT_PACKAGE "libevent"
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 #define _EVENT_TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define _EVENT_VERSION "2.0.8-rc"
+#define _EVENT_VERSION "2.0.8-rc-dev"
 
 /* Define to appropriate substitue if compiler doesnt have __func__ */
 #define _EVENT___func__ __FUNCTION__
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e7670af9..ac60f9b0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ AC_INIT(event.c)
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,2.0.8-rc)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,2.0.8-rc-dev)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AC_DEFINE(NUMERIC_VERSION, 0x02000800, [Numeric representation of the version])
+AC_DEFINE(NUMERIC_VERSION, 0x02000801, [Numeric representation of the version])
 
 dnl Initialize prefix.
 if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then