diff --git a/make-release.el b/make-release.el
index cfd1928a6..e842d9e65 100644
--- a/make-release.el
+++ b/make-release.el
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   (find-file "configure.in")
   (re-search-forward "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(heimdal,\\(.*\\))")
   (replace-match heimdal-version nil nil nil 1)
+  (goto-char 1)
+  (re-search-forward "AC_INIT(heimdal, *\\(.*\\))")
+  (replace-match heimdal-version nil nil nil 1)
   (save-buffer)
   ;;(vc-checkin "configure.in" nil version-string)
   (find-file "ChangeLog")