diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2606c3a..22f1ceb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Next version
+## Version 20141219
 
  * Removed header files. This makes the package 100 KB smaller.
  * Removed the sdbm extension because almost nobody uses it. The sqlite3 gem is almost always a better choice anyway.
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 3ef9510..0e56917 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20141215-next
+20141219