diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 3c2371d1f..57747835d 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ version 1.4.0beta80 [September 17, 2009]
     (Dennis Gustafsson)
   Fixed typo introduced in beta78 in pngtest.c ("#if def " should be "#ifdef ") 
 
+version 1.4.0beta81 [September 17, 2009]
 
 version 1.4.0betaN [future]
   Build shared libraries with -lz and sometimes -lm.
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f7c32770d..a84e6cc06 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2236,6 +2236,7 @@ version 1.4.0beta80 [September 17, 2009]
     (Dennis Gustafsson)
   Fixed typo introduced in beta78 in pngtest.c ("#if def " should be "#ifdef ") 
 
+version 1.4.0beta81 [September 17, 2009]
 
 version 1.4.0betaN [future]
   Build shared libraries with -lz and sometimes -lm.