diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c149a75f04..df2c09ea05 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-01-DD
+gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-01-29
 Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Splitted-Desktop Systems
 Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Intel Corporation
 Copyright (C) 2011 Collabora
 
-Version 0.5.1 - DD.Jan.2013
+Version 0.5.1 - 29.Jan.2013
 * Add simple decoder demo that only uses libgstvaapi
 * Fix thread-safety issues in the Wayland renderer
 * Fix VC-1 decoding bugs #692461, #692312, #692271, #692270, #692267
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 102e642c4e..9d8f0fac72 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], [1])
-m4_define([gst_vaapi_pre_version],   [1])
+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], [], [