diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 31095fd97486c6e107cdf200718eff7759ba0016..b1c2852401533f89fc958265d4c650a965100f53 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=nano
 
-VERSION=0.9.23
+VERSION=0.9.23-cvs
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dd19b9a4263afa9d933daf9ae31e74ebb0120655..8b5816b5faf0cf18712527ba78c176a4a9267e65 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $Id$
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(nano.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nano, 0.9.23)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nano, 0.9.23-cvs)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.h.in)
 ALL_LINGUAS="es de fr it id fi"