diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8e785e7b8..a39d1ba25 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.00.30-cvs (2004-11-27)
+2.00.30-cvs (2004-12-10)
diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 372ec68f4..353ecae07 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 2.00.30 - 
+Version 2.00.30 - 10th December 2004
 ====================================
   Additional device-handling debug messages.
   Additional verbosity level -vvvv includes line numbers and backtraces.