diff --git a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
index 3a0985564a1fef30937aa665cdd1de0fa8de9a3d..42bd7969076803cd8b3d4c485a71af0a3bee7bd9 100644
--- a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
+++ b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MAJOR],[1])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MINOR],[9])
-m4_define([LUSTRE_PATCH],[60])
+m4_define([LUSTRE_PATCH],[61])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_FIX],[0])
 
 dnl # don't forget to update the service tags info