diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9d39bb8d03cdd..b6ff4e3faa5b6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 # NOTE: This version is _only_ used for naming the tarball.  The
 # VERSION define is not used by the code.  It gets a version string
 # from 'git describe'; see src/ceph_ver.[ch]
-AC_INIT([ceph], [0.45], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([ceph], [0.46], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/gtest])
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/leveldb])
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2daf76ec43d87..4e6c37cc0ee2f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ceph (0.46-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release 
+
+ -- Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:21:01 -0700
+
 ceph (0.45-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release