diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f408d8e..2f8a610 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([gixsql], ['`sh version.sh`'], [m.ridoni@mediumgray.info])
+AC_INIT([gixsql], ['1.0.21dev'], [m.ridoni@mediumgray.info])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9.6 -Wall -Werror dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])