diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f61689eac11551351eb30762cf54209a6e01051e..bb48d4a8e7ca33dc687e54e23ec9a701cdad7ebd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 #We use some automake macros here,
 #but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
-AC_INIT([gforth],[0.7.9_20200305],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
+AC_INIT([gforth],[0.7.9_20200402],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
 AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 #snapshots have numbers major.minor.release_YYYYMMDD