diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e580192f9..d72e0e0e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.16.4 (2011/??/??)
+ver 0.16.4 (2011/09/01)
 * don't abort configure when avahi is not found
 * auto-detect libmad without pkg-config
 * fix memory leaks
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 502560110..49233f4c8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.4~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.4, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)