diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6cc6bd3c25..475c997399 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.9pre5)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.9pre6-cvs)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST