diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 164fe67..76df6c9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/prtget.cpp])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(prt-get,5.16)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(prt-get,5.177)
 
 
 dnl Determine default prefix