diff --git a/get_iplayer b/get_iplayer
index aa9f35af..7cf29370 100755
--- a/get_iplayer
+++ b/get_iplayer
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #
 #
 package main;
-my $version = 2.98;
-my $version_text = "2.99-dev";
+my $version = 2.99;
+my $version_text;
 $version_text = sprintf("v%.2f", $version) unless $version_text;
 #
 # Help:
diff --git a/get_iplayer.1 b/get_iplayer.1
index de954f5e..e3107813 100644
--- a/get_iplayer.1
+++ b/get_iplayer.1
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ get_iplayer was written by Phil Lewis <iplayer2 (at sign) linuxcentre.net> and i
 .PP
 This manual page was originally written by Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
 .SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE
-get_iplayer v2.98, Copyright (C) 2008\-2010 Phil Lewis
+get_iplayer v2.99, Copyright (C) 2008\-2010 Phil Lewis
   This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use \-\-warranty.
   This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
   conditions; use \-\-conditions for details.
diff --git a/get_iplayer.cgi b/get_iplayer.cgi
index c62fef9b..85536cb6 100755
--- a/get_iplayer.cgi
+++ b/get_iplayer.cgi
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 # License: GPLv3 (see LICENSE.txt)
 #
 
-my $VERSION = 2.98;
-my $VERSION_TEXT = "2.99-dev";
+my $VERSION = 2.99;
+my $VERSION_TEXT;
 $VERSION_TEXT = sprintf("v%.2f", $VERSION) unless $VERSION_TEXT;
 
 use strict;