diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ecdcfde29..352af3d80d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AS_VERSION(gst-ffmpeg, GST_FFMPEG_VERSION, 0, 9, 7, 0,
+AS_VERSION(gst-ffmpeg, GST_FFMPEG_VERSION, 0, 9, 7, 1,
     GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 
 dnl we cheat here so we don't have to change the actual configure code bit