diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp
index 9501a75454f2edd0e8cadb286be35c31336913de..53409046d6f8a245b774f5ac7261542ebfda5916 100644
--- a/asdf.lisp
+++ b/asdf.lisp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   (defvar *asdf-version* nil)
   (defvar *upgraded-p* nil)
   (let* ((asdf-version ;; the 1+ helps the version bumping script discriminate
-          (subseq "VERSION:2.134" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
+          (subseq "VERSION:2.009" (1+ (length "VERSION")))) ; same as 2.134
          (existing-asdf (fboundp 'find-system))
          (existing-version *asdf-version*)
          (already-there (equal asdf-version existing-version)))
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 941cb6d4bbfe899d7b1365b2edeea8b74cd8373f..abd22f8ba3e7cc6dfc8d6735db7d320e67710458 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cl-asdf (2:2.009-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * new upstream release 2.009, identical to 2.134 from master.
+
+ -- Francois-Rene Rideau <fare@tunes.org>  Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:26:36 -0400
+
 cl-asdf (2:2.008-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream: removes unwanted exports,