diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43864270c3..ae92e5e81a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
-2.5.90 - 1 December 2013
+2.5.9 - 1 December 2013
          This is the tenth release in the UNSTABLE 2.5 series.
 	 It is the first beta release.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fd1884f942..9b99cf7beb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.5.90], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([GnuCash], [2.5.9], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)