diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 005d94fd..e7528a48 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([wforce], [1.0.2])
+AC_INIT([wforce], [1.0.3-rc1])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 parallel-tests 1.11 subdir-objects])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])