diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 61d6e962b2..c878bb230f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(ruby, 0.0)
+AC_INIT(ruby, 1.7.2)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)