diff --git a/lib/rake.rb b/lib/rake.rb
index bf06d97c2..3ccefebb1 100644
--- a/lib/rake.rb
+++ b/lib/rake.rb
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@
 $trace = false
 
 # Some top level Constants.
+
 FileList = Rake::FileList
 RakeFileUtils = Rake::FileUtilsExt
diff --git a/lib/rake/version.rb b/lib/rake/version.rb
index 8d76977f8..55c6c45c1 100644
--- a/lib/rake/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rake/version.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Version
       MINOR = 9,
       BUILD = 0,
       BETA  = 'beta',
-      BETANUM = 2,
+      BETANUM = 4,
     ]
   end
   VERSION = Version::NUMBERS.join('.')