diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8d942ee7..af7d06687 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OSNAME, "$OSNAME",
 DEFAULT_VENDOR_NAME="The X.Org Foundation"
 DEFAULT_VENDOR_NAME_SHORT="X.Org"
 DEFAULT_VERSION_MAJOR=7
-DEFAULT_VERSION_MINOR=0
-DEFAULT_VERSION_PATCH=0
-DEFAULT_VERSION_SNAP=0
+DEFAULT_VERSION_MINOR=1
+DEFAULT_VERSION_PATCH=99
+DEFAULT_VERSION_SNAP=1
 DEFAULT_RELEASE_DATE="21 December 2005"
 DEFAULT_VENDOR_WEB="http://wiki.x.org"