diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b0e5fe2e..fbe75af8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
-AC_INIT([OpenVPN], [2.1_rc1], [openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net], [openvpn])
+AC_INIT([OpenVPN], [2.1_rc1a], [openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net], [openvpn])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(syshead.h)