diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1830100..a95b280 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(lsyncd.c)
 m4_define(LSYNCD_PACKAGE,lsyncd)
-m4_define(LSYNCD_VERSION,1.37)
+m4_define(LSYNCD_VERSION,1.38)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(LSYNCD_PACKAGE,LSYNCD_VERSION)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([xml_config],