diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f8dc689..0c80fb2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 # The version is the concatenation of 'v' and the year, month, date: vyyyymmdd
 # To access this as a string or integer triple, see libsrc/eclib/version.h
 
-AC_INIT([eclib], [20240225], [john.cremona@gmail.com])
+AC_INIT([eclib], [20240408], [john.cremona@gmail.com])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall])
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([Configuring eclib...])
diff --git a/tests/out_no_ntl/tversion.out b/tests/out_no_ntl/tversion.out
index 5be83ad..e251b46 100644
--- a/tests/out_no_ntl/tversion.out
+++ b/tests/out_no_ntl/tversion.out
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-This eclib version is 20240225
-[ year month day ] = [ 2024 2 25 ]
+This eclib version is 20240408
+[ year month day ] = [ 2024 4 8 ]
 
 Configure options and compilation date:
 
-eclib version 20240225, using NTL bigints but no multiprecision floating point
+eclib version 20240408, using NTL bigints but no multiprecision floating point
 
 Testing comparison of version date and various (year, month, day) date triples:
 
-Date 20200101 is before the version date 20240225
-Date 20300611 is after the version date 20240225
-Date 20210317 is before the version date 20240225
+Date 20200101 is before the version date 20240408
+Date 20300611 is after the version date 20240408
+Date 20210317 is before the version date 20240408
diff --git a/tests/out_ntl/tversion.out b/tests/out_ntl/tversion.out
index 35ce698..f81e631 100644
--- a/tests/out_ntl/tversion.out
+++ b/tests/out_ntl/tversion.out
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-This eclib version is 20240225
-[ year month day ] = [ 2024 2 25 ]
+This eclib version is 20240408
+[ year month day ] = [ 2024 4 8 ]
 
 Configure options and compilation date:
 
-eclib version 20240225, using NTL bigints and NTL real and complex multiprecision floating point
+eclib version 20240408, using NTL bigints and NTL real and complex multiprecision floating point
 
 Testing comparison of version date and various (year, month, day) date triples:
 
-Date 20200101 is before the version date 20240225
-Date 20300611 is after the version date 20240225
-Date 20210317 is before the version date 20240225
+Date 20200101 is before the version date 20240408
+Date 20300611 is after the version date 20240408
+Date 20210317 is before the version date 20240408