diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e7fdee746..49653c9442 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-22  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  hunting season on 0.9 is now OPEN
+
 2005-02-22  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* sys/oss/gstosselement.c: (gst_osselement_class_probe_devices):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4cd6b5b3ae..d881ace7ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS_VERSION, 0, 8, 7, 1, GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
+AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS_VERSION, 0, 8, 90, 1, GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)
 
 dnl our libraries and install dirs use major.minor as a version
 GST_MAJORMINOR=$GST_PLUGINS_VERSION_MAJOR.$GST_PLUGINS_VERSION_MINOR
-dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate
-#GST_MAJORMINOR=0.8
+dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
+GST_MAJORMINOR=0.9
 AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
 
 dnl CURRENT, REVISION, AGE