diff --git a/smartmontools/configure.ac b/smartmontools/configure.ac
index de95db0bc09536e9f3542215a0adc534e513a04b..c1bc8528e3680adf6b01f904e0dbfd8bf88499ef 100644
--- a/smartmontools/configure.ac
+++ b/smartmontools/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([smartmontools],[7.3],[smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de])
+AC_INIT([smartmontools],[7.4],[smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 foreign])
 
 # Version of drive database branch