diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3257c2727f52565f3f9d94d2828c476df9518118..18a95bfd2713c6b6bdc349cc83e1e29718f5799d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for libmtime 1.1.3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for libmtime 1.2.0.
 #
 # Report bugs to <luis.kornblueh@mpimet.mpg.de>.
 #
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='libmtime'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='libmtime'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.1.3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='libmtime 1.1.3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.2.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='libmtime 1.2.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='luis.kornblueh@mpimet.mpg.de'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures libmtime 1.1.3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures libmtime 1.2.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libmtime 1.1.3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libmtime 1.2.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-libmtime configure 1.1.3
+libmtime configure 1.2.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71
 
 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by libmtime $as_me 1.1.3, which was
+It was created by libmtime $as_me 1.2.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='libmtime'
- VERSION='1.1.3'
+ VERSION='1.2.0'
 
 
 printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE \"$PACKAGE\"" >>confdefs.h
@@ -20829,7 +20829,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by libmtime $as_me 1.1.3, which was
+This file was extended by libmtime $as_me 1.2.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -20897,7 +20897,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-libmtime config.status 1.1.3
+libmtime config.status 1.2.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f42ce77dd920d2ffc00c2777561e14ae40aad42b..68661d15507f6e624692d0fd2b1b39ee68ce4e14 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([libmtime], [1.1.3], [luis.kornblueh@mpimet.mpg.de])
+AC_INIT([libmtime], [1.2.0], [luis.kornblueh@mpimet.mpg.de])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])