diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d4036311b..8483ea9de 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+===============================================================================
+                               Changes in 1.0.1
+===============================================================================
+
+- Fixed the ABI string
+
 ===============================================================================
                                Changes in 1.0
 ===============================================================================
diff --git a/maint/version.m4 b/maint/version.m4
index 765236a54..d72c0f384 100644
--- a/maint/version.m4
+++ b/maint/version.m4
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See COPYRIGHT in top-level directory.
 #
 
-m4_define([ABT_VERSION_m4],[1.0])dnl
+m4_define([ABT_VERSION_m4],[1.0.1])dnl
 m4_define([ABT_RELEASE_DATE_m4],[unreleased development copy])dnl
 
 # For libtool ABI versioning rules see: