diff --git a/man/meson.1 b/man/meson.1
index 747def8e0..a171b0bb6 100644
--- a/man/meson.1
+++ b/man/meson.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MESON "1" "July 2018" "meson 0.47.0" "User Commands"
+.TH MESON "1" "September 2018" "meson 0.48.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 meson - a high productivity build system
 .SH DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 1cbe494f0..a6f8aeb73 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .wrap import WrapMode
 import ast
 import argparse
 
-version = '0.47.999'
+version = '0.48.0'
 backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'xcode']
 
 default_yielding = False