diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ebcc599fc..b09569131 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 SET(VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 SET(VERSION_MINOR "4")
 SET(VERSION_PATCH "0")
-SET(VERSION_SUFFIX "beta2")
+SET(VERSION_SUFFIX "rc1")
 SET(VERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}")
 IF(VERSION_SUFFIX)
 	SET (VERSION "${VERSION}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d9943a51..ba1cfefc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-09-08	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* CMakeLists.txt:
+	made 0.4.0-rc1 release
+
 	* include/gui_templates.h:
 	* src/core/instrument_sound_shaping.cpp:
 	* src/gui/widgets/instrument_sound_shaping_view.cpp: