diff --git a/taglib-config.in b/taglib-config.in
index c30fae22..da1c7e36 100644
--- a/taglib-config.in
+++ b/taglib-config.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do
 	  flags="$flags -I$includedir/taglib"
 	  ;;
     --version)
-	  echo @VERSION@ 
+	  echo 1.4
 	  ;;
     --prefix)
 	  echo $prefix
diff --git a/taglib.pc.in b/taglib.pc.in
index 664380b6..72d2feca 100644
--- a/taglib.pc.in
+++ b/taglib.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: TagLib
 Description: Audio meta-data library
 Requires: 
-Version: @VERSION@
+Version: 1.4
 Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/taglib