diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1fc37920..b56d3e8a2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([xorg-server], 1.9.99.1, [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg], xorg-server)
-RELEASE_DATE="2010-10-01"
+AC_INIT([xorg-server], 1.9.99.901, [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg], xorg-server)
+RELEASE_DATE="2010-12-06"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE