diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4939df9..ca426af 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
 
 $Id$
 
+pystatgrab 0.4 (31 July 2005)
+
+ * Chase API changes in libstagrab 0.12.
+
 pystatgrab 0.3 (24 August 2004)
 
  * Support for new functions in libstatgrab 0.10.2.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 401d4f5..2a01f2c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 VERSION = "0.4"
 
 # required version of libstatgrab
-LIBSTATGRAB = "0.10.2"
+LIBSTATGRAB = "0.12"
 
 # test for pkg-config presence
 if os.system("pkg-config --version >/dev/null 2>&1"):