diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 857c5aa8a029e49eb9d9ad60230bf93f7268164b..19863678657ba6d491bfdbe31bc24ddb4b5ea91d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [7.6.2], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [7.6.3], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
 
 # Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO
-: ${RELEASE=NO}
+: ${RELEASE=YES}
 
 # The primary version (e.g. 7.5, 7.4.1) is set in the AC_INIT line
 # above.  If this is not a released version, then we will append the