diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 62388307..b731caa8 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ Other patches (grep for "patch" in ChangeLog) by:
   loafier
   Nicolas Collignon
   Daniel Koning
+  Yi-Hsuan Hsin
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 19e2cedb..375c6dab 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if grep '^#undef VERSION' $srcdir/config.h.in >/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.10)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(irssi, 0.8.11-rc1)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE