diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0899077..61cee26 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=98
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=1beta3
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=1
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version