diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a3e76b0..b5850ea 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 uam NEWS
 
 
+uam-0.0.7.1:
+	* switch the buildsystem to autotools.
+
 uam-0.0.7:
 	* fix cleaning up mountpoints,
 	* general code cleanup,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1418aa2..36f2be7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([uam], [0.0.7])
+AC_INIT([uam], [0.0.7.1])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.6 foreign dist-bzip2 no-dependencies])