diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e219a3d1..f698eab0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.9.4 (release candidate)
+## 0.9.4
 
 NEW FEATURE:
  - updating ledger object asynchronously: Now each sheep in a cluster
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5c5bf01b9..d258d5dd5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 # bootstrap / init
-m4_define([sheepdog_version], [0.9.4_rc1])
+m4_define([sheepdog_version], [0.9.4])
 
 m4_define([git_version],
 	m4_esyscmd([git describe --tags --dirty 2> /dev/null | sed 's/^v//' \