diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 9dd375c1..004f3e1e 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 dnl major, minor and micro version macros.
 m4_define([conky_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([conky_version_minor], [8])
-m4_define([conky_version_micro], [0])
+m4_define([conky_version_micro], [1])
 m4_define([conky_version_tag], [pre]) dnl [] for releases
-m4_define([conky_version_revision],[_rc2])
+m4_define([conky_version_revision],[_pre@REVISION@])
 m4_define([conky_version],
     [conky_version_major().conky_version_minor().conky_version_micro()ifelse(
       conky_version_tag(), [pre],