diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98819743..54d649ee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit-gtk3],[0.98.3],[],[sugar-toolkit-gtk3])
+AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit-gtk3],[0.99.0],[],[sugar-toolkit-gtk3])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])