diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2f4c0ab11b80f9a2e7151c9117ba91c321c0340f..be24f3318546ee7489d4c22a3a3331ab8c119ea3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.12], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [9.12.0], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc-AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
     # Version on master must be X.Y (not X.Y.Z) for ProjectVersionMunged variable
     # to be useful (cf #19058). However, the version must have three components
     # (X.Y.Z) on stable branches (e.g. ghc-9.2) to ensure that pre-releases are