diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 920d21e17841594701347991c251da32a79366d6..11b5da70f72b3345288fc00c4d6c277c1e624dcf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([alberta], [2.1-BETA], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE,kosterdtp@ewi.uwente.nl])
+AC_INIT([alberta], [3.0-rc1], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE,kosterdtp@ewi.uwente.nl])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([alberta/src/Common/alberta.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])