diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88a790c747..61c1c84a16 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.3.17], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.4.0], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)
 
diff --git a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
index 90f03dac67..b0a9618b77 100644
--- a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
+++ b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ gnc_print_unstable_message(void)
             _("This is a development version. It may or may not work.\n"),
             _("Report bugs and other problems to gnucash-devel@gnucash.org.\n"),
             _("You can also lookup and file bug reports at http://bugzilla.gnome.org\n"),
-            _("The last stable version was "), PACKAGE_NAME, " 2.2.9",
-            _("The next stable version will be "), PACKAGE_NAME, " 2.4");
+            _("The last stable version was "), PACKAGE_NAME, " 2.4.0",
+            _("The next stable version will be "), PACKAGE_NAME, " 2.6");
 }
 
 static gchar  *environment_expand(gchar *param)