diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5c4e06da5d..8ee2fabd19 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-01-DD
+gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-01-15
 Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Splitted-Desktop Systems
 Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Intel Corporation
 Copyright (C) 2011 Collabora
 
-Version 0.5.0 - DD.Jan.2013
+Version 0.5.0 - 15.Jan.2013
 * Optimize MPEG-2 and H.264 decoders
 * Use GstVideoDecoder API for vaapidecode (+Sreerenj Balachandran)
 * Add support for raw YUV buffers in vaapisink (+Halley Zhao)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85b3f41b13..97e15c2fd8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_major_version], [0])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_minor_version], [5])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_micro_version], [0])
-m4_define([gst_vaapi_pre_version],   [2])
+m4_define([gst_vaapi_pre_version],   [0])
 m4_define([gst_vaapi_version],
           [gst_vaapi_major_version.gst_vaapi_minor_version.gst_vaapi_micro_version])
 m4_if(gst_vaapi_pre_version, [0], [], [