diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1208780bfc..dceb8c21d9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ test "$host_alias" != "$target_alias" &&
 
 WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER=2
 WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=4
-WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=0
+WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=1
 
 WX_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 WX_RELEASE=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER