diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2f5c5616e673d069188c2867be49b6049028bb89..1c93868d5c56040ee385ec700fbb5020d2e0e83c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 News
 ====
 
+Version 2.4.0
+-------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 07 Mar 2011)*
+
+Final 2.4.0 release. Just a few small fixes:
+
+- Fixed RAPI node evacuate
+- Fixed the kvm-ifup script
+- Fixed internal error handling for special job cases
+- Updated man page to specify the escaping feature for options
+
+
 Version 2.4.0 rc3
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 078aee1908c9b698cf875b55ff08f27f84c1ad5f..031a5fcd2f1d97dc2eb70d5b3cf3ad203b84d1c3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [4])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc3])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,