diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0ac3f23..e3413d5 100755
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 # so you can encode the package version directly into the source files.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_INIT([mongo], [0.0])
+AC_INIT([mongo], [0.8])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Call TEA_INIT as the first TEA_ macro to set up initial vars.