diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98166ec97eb0e413b3907eab2e4ec5302ce227ab..d79c8687b2873a70ae8f92e2dbd4133665ba0de3 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-pre7], [claus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
+AC_INIT([alberta], [1.2-pre8], [claus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ALBERTA/src/Common/alberta.h])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE