diff --git a/locale/update_po_files.sh b/locale/update_po_files.sh
index 5d8e7a572..617b55b2d 100755
--- a/locale/update_po_files.sh
+++ b/locale/update_po_files.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ xargs xgettext \
 --add-location=file  \
 --copyright-holder='Audacity Team' \
 --package-name="audacity" \
---package-version='2.3.3' \
+--package-version='2.4.0' \
 --msgid-bugs-address="audacity-translation@lists.sourceforge.net" \
 --add-location=file -L C -o audacity.pot 
 echo ";; Adding nyquist files to audacity.pot"
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ xargs xgettext \
 --add-location=file  \
 --copyright-holder='Audacity Team' \
 --package-name="audacity" \
---package-version='2.3.3' \
+--package-version='2.4.0' \
 --msgid-bugs-address="audacity-translation@lists.sourceforge.net" \
 --add-location=file -L Lisp -j -o audacity.pot 
 echo ";; Updating the .po files - Updating Project-Id-Version"
 for i in *.po; do
-    sed -i '/^"Project-Id-Version:/c\"Project-Id-Version: audacity 2.3.3\\n"' $i
+    sed -i '/^"Project-Id-Version:/c\"Project-Id-Version: audacity 2.4.0\\n"' $i
 done
 echo ";; Updating the .po files"
 sed 's/.*/echo "msgmerge --lang=& &.po audacity.pot -o &.po";\