diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0c9e83af..ea4553bc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(src/control/control.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(alsa-lib, 0.2.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(alsa-lib, 0.3.0pre1)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(INSTALL_M4, test "x${ACLOCAL}" = "xaclocal")
 
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)