diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 79a66b150..f1830af0d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.40.08")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1" CACHE STRING "Current release revision.")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r2" CACHE STRING "Current release revision.")
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 add_definitions(-DDFHACK_VERSION="${DFHACK_VERSION}")
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d92d328d6..48e87535a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DFHack future
 
-DFHack v0.40.08-r1
+DFHack v0.40.08-r2
 
     Internals:
         supported per save script folders
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ DFHack v0.40.08-r1
         syndromeTrigger replaced with scripts/modtools/syndrome-trigger.lua
         devel/printArgs plugin converted to scripts/devel/print-args.lua
 
+DFHack v0.40.08-r1
+
+    Was a mistake. Don't use it.
+
 DFHack v0.34.11-r5
 
   Internals: