diff --git a/trunk/configure.in b/trunk/configure.in
index 87b82e2cd9..1a4b9ee36d 100644
--- a/trunk/configure.in
+++ b/trunk/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.6pre6-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.0.6rc1)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -g -O2 -I/usr/kerberos/include"