diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 214e4007042be807509be92e9ee6ea5cd4010bfd..8295e8203149d1561963d6bbcc89a7c639716107 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Autoconf settings for vlc
 
-AC_INIT(vlc,0.9.0-git)
+AC_INIT(vlc, 0.9.0-test1)
 VERSION_MAJOR="0"
 VERSION_MINOR="9"
 VERSION_REVISION="0"
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index fcc9e2cc5ea321ebe158e2e973df949925f3212a..97520eaf6ab4c87a0eee912fd4cd99913426d849 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ libvlccore_la_CFLAGS = `$(VLC_CONFIG) --cflags libvlc` \
 	-DPLUGIN_PATH=\"$(pkglibdir)\"
 libvlccore_la_LDFLAGS = `$(VLC_CONFIG) --ldflags libvlc` $(AM_LDFLAGS) \
 	-export-symbols $(srcdir)/libvlccore.sym \
-	-version-info 0:0:0
+	-version-info 0:1:0
 libvlccore_la_LIBADD = `$(VLC_CONFIG) -libs libvlc` $(AM_LIBADD) $(LTLIBINTL)
 libvlccore_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvlccore.sym
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ libvlc_la_LIBADD = libvlccore.la
 libvlc_la_CFLAGS = `$(VLC_CONFIG) --cflags libvlc` \
 	-DMODULE_STRING=\"control\"
 libvlc_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) \
-	-version-info 2:0:0 \
+	-version-info 2:1:0 \
 	-export-symbols $(srcdir)/libvlc.sym
 libvlc_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvlc.sym libvlccore.la