diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b22c35bf127f5ad8e680ebdc672962108c5c63dd..411766bd473088903d6985dcd96b34bfe367e774 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(OpenFPM_vcluster, 0.8.0, BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS)
+AC_INIT(OpenFPM_vcluster, 1.0.0, BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])