diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index a6b9d7c..d21d08d 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
 
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.8-pre1"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.8-pre2"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070800
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 768cca6..0f11f33 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.8-pre1"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.8-pre2"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "