diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9d408f2fd8..ed693ec5a66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 SET(VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 SET(VERSION_MINOR "4")
 SET(VERSION_PATCH "0")
-SET(VERSION_SUFFIX "rc3")
+#SET(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 SET(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 IF(VERSION_SUFFIX)
 	SET (VERSION "${VERSION}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da68e89040e..52831db6313 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-10-30	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* CMakeLists.txt:
+	made 0.4.0 release
+
 	* CMakeLists.txt:
 	- include all neccessary DLLs in win64 build
 	- fix versioning for CPack if no VERSION_SUFFIX is set