diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f987a27..7f1f0c3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=116
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=0
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=1
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version