diff --git a/configure-libafs.in b/configure-libafs.in
index ddcde4c1c7..7777c8e5f1 100644
--- a/configure-libafs.in
+++ b/configure-libafs.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT(Makefile.common)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(openafs-libafs,1.2.8)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(openafs-libafs,1.2.9)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config/afsconfig.h)
 define(OPENAFS_CONFIGURE_LIBAFS)
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f79c00d527..5f6048e455 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT(src/config/stds.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(openafs,1.2.8)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(openafs,1.2.9)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config/afsconfig.h)
 
 AC_PROG_CC