diff --git a/SRC/configure.in b/SRC/configure.in
index 7f4bc06..79c4b23 100644
--- a/SRC/configure.in
+++ b/SRC/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl $Id$
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(echoping.h)
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(echoping, 5.0.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(echoping, 5.0.2-BETA)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 dnl User options