diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 4856ffeae..e30ab553e 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ All rights reserved.
       incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
       of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.
 
---- License for python-novatools versions prior to 2.0 ---
+--- License for python-novaclient versions prior to 2.1 ---
 
 All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 73b15029e..b32bce6d6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ copyright = u'Rackspace, based on work by Jacob Kaplan-Moss'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.3'
+version = '2.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.3'
+release = '2.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 1de1460c3..956f11cd2 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
+2.4 (March 7, 2011)
+=================
+
+* added Jacob Kaplan-Moss copyright notices to older/untouched files.
+
+
 2.3 (March 2, 2011)
 =================
 
diff --git a/novaclient/__init__.py b/novaclient/__init__.py
index 8881f5583..9c949d514 100644
--- a/novaclient/__init__.py
+++ b/novaclient/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 novaclient module.
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.3'
+__version__ = '2.4'
 
 from novaclient.backup_schedules import (
         BackupSchedule, BackupScheduleManager,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 95123c10f..d5a50f00f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2,6):
 
 setup(
     name = "python-novaclient",
-    version = "2.3",
+    version = "2.4",
     description = "Client library for OpenStack Nova API",
     long_description = read('README.rst'),
     url = 'https://github.com/rackspace/python-novaclient',