diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3bf5378f6..ecee13125 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_REVISION($Revision$)
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 test -z "$CFLAGS" && CFLAGS="-g"
-AC_INIT([Heimdal],[1.1rc3],[heimdal-bugs@h5l.se])
+AC_INIT([Heimdal],[1.2pre],[heimdal-bugs@h5l.se])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([kuser/kinit.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(include/config.h)