diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e856ec97ac6f93e6d1deb07c5a94981494ff4ae1..5a2c4759b90f06908fbdfc3f51326a70629d75f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([dynare], [4.1-unstable])
+AC_INIT([dynare], [4.1-alpha2])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([preprocessor/DynareMain.cc])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])