diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index da7ec9fbe..8cf31212c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-strongswan-4.5.6
+strongswan-4.6.0
 ----------------
 
 - The tnc-ifmap plugin implements a TNC IF-MAP 2.0 client that which
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 13c274bf6..f2fcfdec4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnl ===========================
 dnl  initialize & set some vars
 dnl ===========================
 
-AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.6.0dr1)
+AC_INIT(strongSwan,4.6.0dr2)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4/config])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG