diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8c06a932c53ebe9640d89a6a045682879491fa8..2860be5887431d618b0d7750a830ef2c5f8eb8c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl ------------------------------------------------
 dnl Initialization and Versioning
 dnl ------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_INIT([libtheora],[1.2.0alpha1+svn],[theora-dev@xiph.org])
+AC_INIT([libtheora],[1.2.0alpha1+git],[theora-dev@xiph.org])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST