diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index ee2b3baa08..da3ea27879 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
 
 /** Lots of different version numbers **/
 
-#define DOTVERSIONSTR_NOREV "2.5.0"
+#define DOTVERSIONSTR_NOREV "2.5.9999"
 
 // The version string the user actually sees.
 #define DOTVERSIONSTR DOTVERSIONSTR_NOREV " (r" SVN_REVISION_STRING ")"
 
 // The version as seen in the Windows resource
-#define RC_FILEVERSION 2,5,0,SVN_REVISION_NUMBER
-#define RC_PRODUCTVERSION 2,5,0,0
+#define RC_FILEVERSION 2,5,9999,SVN_REVISION_NUMBER
+#define RC_PRODUCTVERSION 2,5,9999,0
 #define RC_FILEVERSION2 DOTVERSIONSTR
 #define RC_PRODUCTVERSION2 "2.5"