diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2adaeadeb..94a13a8bc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dnl  change does not break upward compatibility (ie it is an addition),
 dnl  increment AGE, Otherwise AGE is reset to 0. If CURRENT has changed,
 dnl  REVISION is set to 0, otherwise REVISION is incremented.
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-VERSION_INFO_CURRENT=5
+VERSION_INFO_CURRENT=6
 VERSION_INFO_REVISION=0
 VERSION_INFO_AGE=0
 INTERFACE_VERSION_INFO=$VERSION_INFO_CURRENT:$VERSION_INFO_REVISION:$VERSION_INFO_AGE