diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 4b45765c..4f0ed6be 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-06  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* version.c: Wget 1.8-pre1 is released.
+
 2001-12-06  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* progress.c (progress_create): Make sure that, when the output is
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 664728c6..62e7811d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-char *version_string = "1.8-beta3+cvs";
+char *version_string = "1.8-pre1";