diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 23dd3e23d2fed127c5926dadd7196d76cae85158..cd0bd1ae70b6c78928537c4a3e170418771c18c6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 dnl graph-tool package version number
 m4_define(graph_tool_version_major, 2)
-m4_define(graph_tool_version_minor, 35dev)
+m4_define(graph_tool_version_minor, 35)
 
 AC_INIT([graph-tool],
         [graph_tool_version_major().graph_tool_version_minor()],