diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 159db42f9..b6228a9e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.40.24")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r3")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r4")
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 0de43cc00..fb16ab3f8 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Changelog
    :depth: 2
 
 
-DFHack Future
-=============
+DFHack 0.40.24-r4
+=================
 
 Internals
 ---------