diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 % Count up the patches and bugs
 
 \title{What's New in Python 2.5}
-\release{0.4}
+\release{0.9}
 \author{A.M. Kuchling}
 \authoraddress{\email{amk@amk.ca}}