diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e40d02a1d4e0802cfc8cc25fba83e036d2150751..db969e3129b33bf56cc8fd7c4a9c7568f6ea3bd5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([Gajim - A Jabber Instant Messager],
-		[0.12-alpha],[http://trac.gajim.org/],[gajim])
+		[0.12-alpha1],[http://trac.gajim.org/],[gajim])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
diff --git a/src/common/defs.py b/src/common/defs.py
index a9cdb11727d2cdc91d7099f872b27a59e943433c..51cf2e03278eecb96efe93edbbecb3d460473cb2 100644
--- a/src/common/defs.py
+++ b/src/common/defs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 docdir = '../'
 datadir = '../'
 
-version = '0.12-alpha'
+version = '0.12-alpha1'
 
 import sys, os.path
 for base in ('.', 'common'):