diff --git a/SRC/configure b/SRC/configure
index e66987c..80a6284 100755
--- a/SRC/configure
+++ b/SRC/configure
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=echoping
 
-VERSION=4.0.2
+VERSION=4.1.0-BETA
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/SRC/configure.in b/SRC/configure.in
index f4e124f..4a8e6f7 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)
 dnl AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(echoping, 4.0.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(echoping, 4.1.0-BETA)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 dnl User options