diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0fa12c22..ee707fa45 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
-1.8.3 (10/21/2009) bcdcbeeea0d92f21c3565aebfaf6332b959f4025
- + Added support for Haiku R1/alpha1
+1.8.4 ()
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
+1.8.3 (10/21/2009) bcdcbeeea0d92f21c3565aebfaf6332b959f4025
+ + Added support for Haiku R1/alpha1
+
 1.8.2 (9/7/2009) f243f0ed443ecd7dde779de8a6525222591024db
  + Added feature #282 that returns useful exit codes to the shell.  Now a
    script can detect whether no tasks were returned by a report (thanks to
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ffdd1329..5ea8aff72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT(task, 1.8.3, support@taskwarrior.org)
+AC_INIT(task, 1.8.4, support@taskwarrior.org)
 
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS=}"
 CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS=}"
diff --git a/doc/man/task-tutorial.5 b/doc/man/task-tutorial.5
index 85acc0958..d71286f6e 100644
--- a/doc/man/task-tutorial.5
+++ b/doc/man/task-tutorial.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH task-tutorial 5 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.3" "User Manuals"
+.TH task-tutorial 5 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.4" "User Manuals"
 
 .SH NAME
 task-tutorial \- A tutorial for the task(1) command line todo manager.
diff --git a/doc/man/task.1 b/doc/man/task.1
index a10efec25..3abb92065 100644
--- a/doc/man/task.1
+++ b/doc/man/task.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH task 1 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.3" "User Manuals"
+.TH task 1 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.4" "User Manuals"
 
 .SH NAME
 task \- A command line todo manager.
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5 b/doc/man/taskrc.5
index c1a9997c1..973d2ba0d 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH taskrc 5 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.3" "User Manuals"
+.TH taskrc 5 2009-10-21 "task 1.8.4" "User Manuals"
 
 .SH NAME
 taskrc \- Configuration file for the task(1) command