diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 212574678..c91f3858d 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.47
+0.47pre
 
 	* 'make install' now creates relative symlinks, and added a new
 	    'make install-hardlinks' target to (tada) install hardlinks.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a17225c0f..a43c7b0ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 
 PROG      := busybox
-VERSION   := 0.46
+VERSION   := 0.47pre
 BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date --utc "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
 export VERSION
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ test tests:
 clean:
 	- rm -f busybox.links *~ *.o core
 	- rm -rf _install
-	- cd tests && $(MAKE) clean
+	cd tests && $(MAKE) clean
 	- rm -f docs/BusyBox.txt docs/BusyBox.1 docs/BusyBox.html \
 	    docs/busybox.lineo.com/BusyBox.html
 	- rm -f docs/busybox.txt docs/busybox.dvi docs/busybox.ps \
diff --git a/busybox.spec b/busybox.spec
index ee92610d0..cb185a724 100644
--- a/busybox.spec
+++ b/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.46
+Version: 0.47pre
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1a249858d..c54ca4392 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+busybox (0.47pre-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New version in progress.  See changelog for details.
+
+ -- Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:15:44 -0600
+
 busybox (0.46-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New version released.  See changelog for details.
diff --git a/examples/busybox.spec b/examples/busybox.spec
index ee92610d0..cb185a724 100644
--- a/examples/busybox.spec
+++ b/examples/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.46
+Version: 0.47pre
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.