diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index c1fed147a..c4c7df357 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-05  Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
+	* configure.in: Switch to the next release's version in CVS. 
+	Replace build-date with the last ChangeLog entry date in release number.
+
 2003-09-04  Alex Roitman  <shura@alex.neuro.umn.edu>
 	* src/plugins/BookReport.py (BookList.save): Write encoding. 
 	* src/plugins/FilterEditor.py (MyBoolean): Add class. 
diff --git a/gramps2/configure.in b/gramps2/configure.in
index afa0ee844..627e1c750 100644
--- a/gramps2/configure.in
+++ b/gramps2/configure.in
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl May need to run automake && aclocal first
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(gramps, 0.9.3, gramps-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(gramps, 0.9.4, gramps-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/gramps.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6.3)
-RELEASE=0.CVS$(date +%G%m%d)
+RELEASE=0.CVS$(head -c 10 ChangeLog | tr -d '-')
 
 VERSIONSTRING=$VERSION
 if test x"$RELEASE" != "x"