diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index e536a75bac..ab4f1f49f3 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_BAKEFILE],
     AC_BAKEFILE_DEPS
     AC_BAKEFILE_RES_COMPILERS
 
-    BAKEFILE_BAKEFILE_M4_VERSION="0.1.7"
+    BAKEFILE_BAKEFILE_M4_VERSION="0.1.8"
    
     dnl includes autoconf_inc.m4:
     $1
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d871087519..9320415c81 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -42284,10 +42284,10 @@ fi
 
 
 
-    BAKEFILE_BAKEFILE_M4_VERSION="0.1.7"
+    BAKEFILE_BAKEFILE_M4_VERSION="0.1.8"
 
 
-BAKEFILE_AUTOCONF_INC_M4_VERSION="0.1.7"
+BAKEFILE_AUTOCONF_INC_M4_VERSION="0.1.8"