diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88e4908..8da190a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # process this file with autoconf to get a configure script
 
-AC_INIT(libraw1394, 2.0.9)
+AC_INIT(libraw1394, 2.1.0)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/raw1394.h)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 
 # set the libtool so version numbers
-lt_major=11
-lt_revision=1
-lt_age=0
+lt_major=12
+lt_revision=0
+lt_age=1
 
 AC_SUBST(lt_major)
 AC_SUBST(lt_revision)