diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0af4f9c48..0bf474411 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2003-02-05  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* configure.in: Bump version to 4.6.0a.
+
 	* configure.in: Version 4.6.0 released.
 
 2003-02-04  Arpi  <arpi@mplayerhq.hu>
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0f663c24e..2b39d778b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_INIT([GNU Midnight Commander], [], [mc-devel@gnome.org])
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.c)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mc, 4.6.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mc, 4.6.0a)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE