diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 863a25a..cd66a90 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Changes in FIGlet 2.2.4 (in progress)
+-----------------------
+
+FIGlet 2.2.4 is a revision of FIGlet 2.2.3 featuring
+
+The full list of changes is:
+
+o	Add support to Sam Hocevar's TOIlet TLF fonts containing
+	UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters.
+
+
 Changes in FIGlet 2.2.3
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/figlet.c b/figlet.c
index 0c7a30c..2a4dd01 100644
--- a/figlet.c
+++ b/figlet.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #define DATE "12 January 2011"
-#define VERSION "2.2.3"
+#define VERSION "2.2.4-pre"
 #define VERSION_INT 20203
 
 /* FIGlet (Frank, Ian & Glenn's Letters) */