diff --git a/README b/README
index a619e81107..154cc4a8a7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is hdf5-1.0.73 released on Wed Aug 26 04:19:34 CDT 1998
+This is hdf5-1.0.74 released on Thu Aug 27 04:19:49 CDT 1998
 Please refer to the INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h
index 77f540844a..703d375286 100644
--- a/src/H5public.h
+++ b/src/H5public.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* Version numbers */
 #define H5_VERS_MAJOR	1       /* For major interface/format changes  	     */
 #define H5_VERS_MINOR	0       /* For minor interface/format changes  	     */
-#define H5_VERS_RELEASE	74      /* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development     */
+#define H5_VERS_RELEASE	75      /* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development     */
 
 #define H5check()	H5vers_check(H5_VERS_MAJOR,H5_VERS_MINOR,	      \
 				     H5_VERS_RELEASE)