diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae91c3dd..10e8f0eb 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # SOFTWARE.
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT([perftest],[5.98],[linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([perftest],[5.99],[linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])