diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3dd9e4e477308031c0ba14f7369d9f11300699c6..3ba28cd9f364c517be5335f9657f728eebc99842 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~beta0])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~beta2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,