diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b45c0bc4f..7cff4df62d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2007-09-21	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
+	* VERSION: Bump VERSION to 4.8.99.0.
 	* aclocal/version.m4: Bump RTEMS_API to 4.9.
 	Bump RTEMS_VERSION to 4.8.99.0.
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #  $Id$
 #
 
-RTEMS Version 4.7.99.2
+RTEMS Version 4.8.99.0