diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 890209e0a..22f59d698 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-12-19  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* unposted: Config/version.mk, README: zsh-4.0.9.
+
 2003-12-18  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
 	* 19315: Src/lex.c, Src/math.c, Src/params.c, Src/Zle/compcore.c,
diff --git a/Config/version.mk b/Config/version.mk
index d8a81b207..4e0a23538 100644
--- a/Config/version.mk
+++ b/Config/version.mk
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
 # This must also serve as a shell script, so do not add spaces around the
 # `=' signs.
 
-VERSION=4.0.8
-VERSION_DATE='December 17, 2003'
+VERSION=4.0.9
+VERSION_DATE='December 19, 2003'
diff --git a/README b/README
index e24436d6c..b705cb7d5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH)
 Version
 -------
 
-This is zsh version 4.0.7.  This is a stable release.
+This is zsh version 4.0.9.  This is a stable release.
 
 Installing Zsh
 --------------