diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index dd45ab19eb1..a7bf491c382 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ extern "C" {
 /* these lines are grep'd, watch out for our not-so-awesome regex
  * and keep comment above the defines.
  * Use STRINGIFY() rather than defining with quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION         263
-#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      22
+#define BLENDER_VERSION         264
+#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      0
 
 /* 262 was the last editmesh release but its has compatibility code for bmesh data,
  * so set the minversion to 2.61 */
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    a
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   rc
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */