diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index bba3f64d..11831157 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-13  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* version.c: Wget 1.8.1-pre1 is released.
+
 2001-12-13  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* res.c (matches): Fix broken URL in the docstring.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 73e79d99..d53607a4 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-char *version_string = "1.8+cvs";
+char *version_string = "1.8.1-pre1";