diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91a6fce60f0478f101873eb866fea034d7b792f7..a9e3fe94636a145ab0698554e082a33ed56593e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_INIT([alberta], [1.2-pre2], [dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
+AC_INIT([alberta], [1.2-pre3], [dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ALBERTA/src/Common/alberta.h])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE