diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 214b02e7..83bf8d20 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 @end iftex
 
 @c This should really be auto-generated!
-@set VERSION 1.8-beta1
-@set UPDATED November 2001
+@set VERSION 1.8-pre2
+@set UPDATED December 2001
 
 @dircategory Net Utilities
 @dircategory World Wide Web
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 00388ae4..b5780ba1 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-08  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* version.c: Wget 1.8-pre2 is released.
+
 2001-12-06  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* progress.c (progress_handle_sigwinch): Set up the signal again.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 84bb002a..7b869fda 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-char *version_string = "1.8-pre1+cvs";
+char *version_string = "1.8-pre2";