diff --git a/pub/configure b/pub/configure
index ccc3a890b5213ebe20dd3c7821d36e7d9b0c029b..b77e50b0e078e8eba8f77cbf7c29f73a3089f08f 100755
--- a/pub/configure
+++ b/pub/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for frida 2.1.8d.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for frida post-2.1.8d.
 #
 # Report bugs to <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='frida'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='frida'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.1.8d'
-PACKAGE_STRING='frida 2.1.8d'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='post-2.1.8d'
+PACKAGE_STRING='frida post-2.1.8d'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures frida 2.1.8d to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures frida post-2.1.8d to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of frida 2.1.8d:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of frida post-2.1.8d:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-frida configure 2.1.8d
+frida configure post-2.1.8d
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by frida $as_me 2.1.8d, which was
+It was created by frida $as_me post-2.1.8d, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2738,7 +2738,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='frida'
- VERSION='2.1.8d'
+ VERSION='post-2.1.8d'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -6750,7 +6750,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by frida $as_me 2.1.8d, which was
+This file was extended by frida $as_me post-2.1.8d, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -6816,7 +6816,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-frida config.status 2.1.8d
+frida config.status post-2.1.8d
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/pub/configure.ac b/pub/configure.ac
index fde196709b5337c4112a44fb9ed44b9db504a9d1..f0036231d5ca756952ddb51eedbb86f3144c78d9 100644
--- a/pub/configure.ac
+++ b/pub/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ##  Generic initialization                                                    ##
 ################################################################################
 
-AC_INIT([frida],[2.1.8d],[j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de])
+AC_INIT([frida],[post-2.1.8d],[j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de])
 #                ^^^^^ delete "post-" for public releases
 # project name must be "frida"; this determines the installation directories