diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1d04b034a27c6fa81f0295fc7045367a07f68efe..6bec3a03cbf2dcb5d7bfcebf8b0e5709bd8c19e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
 # current version of ALUGrid
-AC_INIT(ALUGrid, 1.12-pre, alugrid@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ALUGrid, 1.12-pre, alugrid@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de)
+AC_INIT(ALUGrid, 1.12, alugrid@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ALUGrid, 1.12, alugrid@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de)
 
 # default install path is current directory 
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([`pwd`])