diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 2ffd7fae0c011c1080641322c732adf05c8b28da..f23ffdcca49a5c83d3ac81530a95e5c44b0b2429 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <property name="php-cs-fixers" value="no_blank_lines_before_namespaces,function_call_space,trailing_spaces,unused_use,lowercase_keywords,encoding,parenthesis,php_closing_tag,visibility,duplicate_semicolon,extra_empty_lines,no_blank_lines_after_class_opening,no_empty_lines_after_phpdocs,operators_spaces,spaces_before_semicolon,ternary_spaces,concat_with_spaces,short_array_syntax" />
 
 
-  <property name="version" value="2.3.1" />
+  <property name="version" value="2.4" />
 
   <!-- We only need the -p switch if the password is non-blank -->
   <if><not><equals arg1="${mysqlrootpass}" arg2="" /></not><then>
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 6a3a5a81c150602749d299700ecefac05e6d8439..1575d5d6933f1c35397da68c2487e35de48a245d 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ bookBagMaxSize = 100
 ; Display bulk items (export, save, etc.) and checkboxes on search result screens?
 showBulkOptions = false
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 2.3.1"
+generator = "VuFind 2.4"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index 022f5ee3fa22a53ae33d7bdf5408dd64e1ac5941..5f64e67695c4ab7150fe293b99419863edc0605e 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 2.4 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 2.4 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 23 Mar 2015 09:21:49 UTC
+
 vufind 2.3.1 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 2.3.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index e985dc24e0bcc58fc3b12e1a90f073d258fa0e46..26f1fdc4be580cbf5b1a97192b9dc7f9d3075943 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind2
-Version: 2.3.1
+Version: 2.4
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all