diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 46a9fc1..ba582e1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ dnl micro version = incremented when implementation-only
 dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
-JACK_MINOR_VERSION=44
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=4
+JACK_MINOR_VERSION=50
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=0
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the libjack interface version