diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5f4349aec274e38bc0feee1855add37bb782b562..111b95ab019145de1f9d727f94f8c1fe6e8d287d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git:
-------------------------------------
+Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-pre1:
+--------------------------------------
 
 Playback:
  * Instantaneous pausing
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index acd04688757f5ea773b9bebcbbf86c91f14275db..82a140ef0a2bee8fa833bb18de476bcab78b78e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ dnl Autoconf settings for vlc
 
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright 2002-2009 the VideoLAN team])
 
-AC_INIT(vlc, 1.0.0-git)
+AC_INIT(vlc, 1.0.0-pre1)
 VERSION_MAJOR="1"
 VERSION_MINOR="0"
 VERSION_REVISION="0"
-VERSION_EXTRA="-git"
+VERSION_EXTRA="-pre1"
 PKGDIR="vlc"
 AC_SUBST(PKGDIR)