diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 28c1940686d5710e05bd36f6376345e417de5fbc..3df6caafa9a7864e60977985d5f1c602f4b560ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [0])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~alpha0])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~alpha1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,