diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 22fab45..d591f80 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CHANGES IN Mini-XML 2.3
 
 	- Added two exceptions to the LGPL to support static
 	  linking of applications against Mini-XML.
+	- Added the _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE definition when
+	  building on VC++ 2005 (STR #36)
 	- mxmlLoad*() did not detect missing > characters in
 	  elements (STR #41)
 	- mxmlLoad*() did not detect missing close tags at the end
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1d6ec36..ca2e482 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
           ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h"
 
 
-VERSION=2.4
+VERSION=2.3
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define MXML_VERSION "Mini-XML v$VERSION"
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index b6e59aa..2242cb1 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 	<title>Documentation</title>
-	<meta name='creator' content='Mini-XML v2.4'>
+	<meta name='creator' content='Mini-XML v2.3'>
 	<style type='text/css'><!--
 	h1, h2, h3, p { font-family: sans-serif; text-align: justify; }
 	tt, pre a:link, pre a:visited, tt a:link, tt a:visited { font-weight: bold; color: #7f0000; }
diff --git a/doc/relnotes.html b/doc/relnotes.html
index 00ff35e..ef40621 100644
--- a/doc/relnotes.html
+++ b/doc/relnotes.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 	<li>Added two exceptions to the LGPL to support static
 	linking of applications against Mini-XML.</li>
 
+	<li>Added the _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE definition when
+	building on VC++ 2005 (STR #36)</li>
+
 	<li>mxmlLoad*() did not detect missing > characters in
 	elements (STR #41)</li>
 
diff --git a/vcnet/config.h b/vcnet/config.h
index 4b398bf..18a0c08 100644
--- a/vcnet/config.h
+++ b/vcnet/config.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /*
- * "$Id: config.h,v 1.2 2004/06/25 18:52:34 mike Exp $"
+ * "$Id$"
  *
  * Configuration file for Mini-XML, a small XML-like file parsing library.
  *
- * Copyright 2003-2004 by Michael Sweet.
+ * Copyright 2003-2007 by Michael Sweet.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
+/*
+ * Beginning with VC2005, Microsoft breaks ISO C and POSIX conformance
+ * by deprecating a number of functions in the name of security, even
+ * when many of the affected functions are otherwise completely secure.
+ * The _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE definition ensures that we won't get
+ * warnings from their use...
+ */
+
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+
+
 /*
  * Include necessary headers...
  */
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@
  * Version number...
  */
 
-#define MXML_VERSION "Mini-XML v2.0"
+#define MXML_VERSION "Mini-XML v2.3"
 
 
 /*
@@ -65,5 +76,5 @@ extern int	mxml_vsnprintf(char *, size_t, const char *, va_list);
 #  endif /* !HAVE_VSNPRINTF */
 
 /*
- * End of "$Id: config.h,v 1.2 2004/06/25 18:52:34 mike Exp $".
+ * End of "$Id$".
  */
