--- configure.ac.old	2007-06-13 10:15:51.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.ac.old	2007-06-13 10:15:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 
 AC_DEFINE(GEDIT_MICRO_VERSION, gedit_micro_version, [Gedit micro version])
 AC_SUBST(GEDIT_MICRO_VERSION, gedit_micro_version)
 
-GEDIT_MAJOR=2.16
+GEDIT_MAJOR=2.18
 AC_SUBST(GEDIT_MAJOR)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.8 dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip])