diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 83902f4cc..737f3ba96 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl however, the use of '~' should be fine as apt (others?) will treat
 dnl it as an earlier version than the actual release.  TNX KA6MAL
 dnl PACKAGE_NAME + " " + PACKAGE_VERSION must not exceed 20 chars!
 AC_INIT([Hamlib],
-	[4.0~rc4],
+	[4.0],
 	[hamlib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net],
 	[hamlib],
 	[http://www.hamlib.org])