diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cfda577..2229718 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # copied from glib
 m4_define([libnl_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([libnl_minor_version], [2])
-m4_define([libnl_micro_version], [23-rc1])
+m4_define([libnl_micro_version], [23])
 
 
 # The following explanation may help to understand the above rules a bit
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ m4_define([libnl_lt_revision],	 [0])
 m4_define([libnl_lt_age],        [18])
 
 m4_define([libnl_version],
-	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version])
+	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version-rc1])
 
 AC_INIT(libnl, [libnl_version], [], [], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/defs.h])