diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1e697093..339c6a69 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $Id$
 
-shadow-4.0.18.1 -> shadow-4.0.18.2					UNRELEASED
+shadow-4.0.18.2 -> shadow-4.1.0-rc1					UNRELEASED
 
 *** general:
 - Add support for SHA256 and SHA512 encrypt methods (supported by new
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ab1763bf..c40f96b6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(shadow, 4.0.18.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(shadow, 4.1.0-rc1)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 dnl Some hacks...