diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b7587fdb30b1f6399f3250df784d829daf61026..d0f3587a43cca9d928f67610f60012a1b2c7ae46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([lsh], [1.5.4], [bug-lsh@gnu.org]) 
+AC_INIT([lsh], [1.5.5], [bug-lsh@gnu.org]) 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/lsh.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE