diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 420be3aa3f2828fb2b550f226e459e338610f7c0..c4118b6c1a8f8613620e73e92fff6d510d39ed76 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags);
 void curl_global_cleanup(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.4"
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070904
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.5-pre4"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070905
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
 struct curl_slist {
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 5ef4fafce9f716ceec22209766f5d5160b657b73..dbdf61ac4a566ea16692c32243dc9db317b6d360 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.5-pre1"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.5-pre4"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "