diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f61f45a27..561800777 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-15  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in : set the version number to something sane
+	  we branched.
+
 2002-08-07  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
 
 	* po/POTFILES.in : remove bogus file.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6bfc7aa84..f7ec68942 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(control-center)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.0.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.1.0)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE