diff --git a/META b/META
index 96c8425f13341803df65edc44a6c2edd5c8fabb0..46a98aa0f2a5eb6196ac8759aafcdf3e281f2310 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	4
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.4.0
-  Release:	0.pre2
+  Release:	0.pre3
   API_CURRENT:	6	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 41113534bb5e5f58433592186e5668ca5d16d72f..5a18ed3e37832cb2c4ddae20bfb147c07c099b88 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This file describes changes in recent versions of SLURM. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins. 
 
+* Changes in SLURM 0.4.0-pre4
+=============================
+
+
 * Changes in SLURM 0.4.0-pre3
 =============================
  -- Send SIGTERM to batch script before SIGKILL for mpirun cleanup on