diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 59bf6c62..36f3e894 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 SVN_REV=r$(shell svnversion -n .)
 
 #version number
-VERSION = 0
-PATCHLEVEL = 10
+VERSION = 1
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
 SUBLEVEL = 0
-EXTRAVERSION ?= -$(SVN_REV)
+EXTRAVERSION ?= -pre-$(SVN_REV)
 
 RELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)