diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b37d2e662..3ee1102ba 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # major/minor/release must be numbers
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [0])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [59])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [60])
 # extra can be any string
 m4_define([libguestfs_extra],   [])