diff --git a/scripts/supybot b/scripts/supybot
index f990109d5..5e116a0d1 100755
--- a/scripts/supybot
+++ b/scripts/supybot
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # --connect (commands to run afterConnect)
     # --config (configuration values)
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='Usage: %prog [options] configFile',
-                                   version='supybot 0.79.9999')
+                                   version='supybot 0.79.9999+cvs')
     parser.add_option('-P', '--profile', action='store_true', dest='profile',
                       help='enables profiling')
     parser.add_option('-O', action='count', dest='optimize',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 811060adb..917431a15 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if clean:
 setup(
     # Metadata
     name='supybot',
-    version='0.79.9999',
+    version='0.79.9999+cvs',
     author='Jeremy Fincher',
     url='http://supybot.sf.net/',
     author_email='jemfinch@users.sf.net',
diff --git a/src/conf.py b/src/conf.py
index e9fa0e9e1..fa1502461 100644
--- a/src/conf.py
+++ b/src/conf.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ _pluginsDir = os.path.join(installDir, 'plugins')
 ###
 # version: This should be pretty obvious.
 ###
-version ='0.79.9999'
+version ='0.79.9999+cvs'
 
 ###
 # *** The following variables are affected by command-line options.  They are