diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 257b95700..d7a0b4546 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2848,10 +2848,10 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure"  # Please don't use this var.
 
 
 
-NUMVERS=1.6999
+NUMVERS=1.7001
 
 
-LIBVERS=9:0:1
+LIBVERS=10:0:2
 
 
 # Make sure we can run config.sub.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b43abf1e0..81e28f235 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dnl the released version are
 dnl a.bccc
 dnl the devel versions will be something like
 dnl a.b999yymmddhh
-NUMVERS=1.6999
+NUMVERS=1.7001
 AC_SUBST(NUMVERS)
 
 dnl for the linker to understand which versions the library are compatible with
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dnl - if any functionality was removed do c++,r=0,a=0.
 dnl
 dnl see http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_91.html
 dnl
-LIBVERS=9:0:1
+LIBVERS=10:0:2
 AC_SUBST(LIBVERS)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET