diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6fe8fbe8e2..a1b1ffaffb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.8pre2-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.8pre3-cvs)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST