diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 99ed7c2bd7..336f52dab6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.2pre16)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.2pre17)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -g -O2 -I/usr/kerberos/include"