diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8e3ce97d62..317d1994aa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1081,15 +1081,15 @@ test "$host_alias" != "$target_alias" &&
 
 
 WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER=2
-WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=3
-WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=4
+WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=4
+WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=0
 
 WX_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 WX_RELEASE=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER
 
 WX_MSW_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 
-WX_CURRENT=2
+WX_CURRENT=0
 WX_REVISION=0
 WX_AGE=0
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5cb77a181f..b40bdf9932 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ dnl The resulting library name will be of the form:
 dnl   libwx_$(TOOLKIT)-$(WX_RELEASE).so.$(WX_CURRENT).$(WX_REVISION).$(WX_AGE)
 
 WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER=2
-WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=3
-WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=4
+WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=4
+WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=0
 
 WX_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 WX_RELEASE=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER
 
 WX_MSW_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 
-WX_CURRENT=2
+WX_CURRENT=0
 WX_REVISION=0
 WX_AGE=0