diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74757715..eb322786 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ else()
     message(STATUS "UPX_VERSION_GITREV: not set")
 endif()
 
-project(upx VERSION 4.0.1 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(upx VERSION 4.0.2 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 # set default build type to "Release"
 get_property(is_multi_config GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba99d698..82ec7a0d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
+Changes in 4.0.2 (XX XXX 2022):
+  * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/9
+
 Changes in 4.0.1 (16 Nov 2022):
   * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/8
 
diff --git a/doc/upx.1 b/doc/upx.1
index e9f8b332..231719c3 100644
--- a/doc/upx.1
+++ b/doc/upx.1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "UPX 1"
-.TH UPX 1 "2022-11-16" "upx 4.0.1" " "
+.TH UPX 1 "2022-11-22" "upx 4.0.2" " "
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index a740196a..c7acf6be 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x040001        /* 04.00.01 */
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "4.0.1"
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "4.01"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Nov 16th 2022"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2022-11-16"
+#define UPX_VERSION_HEX         0x040002        /* 04.00.02 */
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "4.0.2"
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4     "4.02"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Nov 22nd 2022"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO    "2022-11-22"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR        "2022"
 
 /* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 et: */