diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0b8a769ba3d2c1231ed029a4a84b7cb710983f17..2aa8ebb65e25567e28a39afd0ce57f7aa4c70556 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for cdi 1.8.0rc6.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for cdi 1.8.0rc7.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi>.
 #
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='cdi'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='cdi'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.8.0rc6'
-PACKAGE_STRING='cdi 1.8.0rc6'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.8.0rc7'
+PACKAGE_STRING='cdi 1.8.0rc7'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ 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 cdi 1.8.0rc6 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures cdi 1.8.0rc7 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cdi 1.8.0rc6:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of cdi 1.8.0rc7:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-cdi configure 1.8.0rc6
+cdi configure 1.8.0rc7
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2568,7 +2568,7 @@ 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 cdi $as_me 1.8.0rc6, which was
+It was created by cdi $as_me 1.8.0rc7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -3520,7 +3520,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='cdi'
- VERSION='1.8.0rc6'
+ VERSION='1.8.0rc7'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -23389,7 +23389,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
 Report bugs to <bug-libtool@gnu.org>."
 
 lt_cl_version="\
-cdi config.lt 1.8.0rc6
+cdi config.lt 1.8.0rc7
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.
 
 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -30534,7 +30534,7 @@ 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 cdi $as_me 1.8.0rc6, which was
+This file was extended by cdi $as_me 1.8.0rc7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -30600,7 +30600,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-cdi config.status 1.8.0rc6
+cdi config.status 1.8.0rc7
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b20816481758044b7431a22476cc8a488016636d..100dbbba5fc6da9c650d4895cc63e501f746e124 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #  autoconf 2.68
 #  libtool  2.4.2
 
-AC_INIT([cdi], [1.8.0rc6], [http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi])
+AC_INIT([cdi], [1.8.0rc7], [http://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi])
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CDI, ["$PACKAGE_VERSION"], [CDI version])