diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d5d3158e3be44883894ee2f291dc90d181b4a02f..75f916e5d3a98a95ae97b74facca379d51d9b6e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 News
 ====
 
+Version 2.2.0.1
+---------------
+
+*(Released Fri, 8 Oct 2010)*
+
+- Rebuild with a newer autotools version, to fix python 2.6 compatibility
+
+
 Version 2.2.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3afaa276b1a7f3b63a2e5bf1f1970ebd96b25b93..84f64c6ef609a14ef54c790340632d70b20905e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [.1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,