diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6a5d37e77c..382efa096c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.7)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.8pre1-cvs)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST