diff --git a/ext/racc/com/headius/racc/Cparse.java b/ext/racc/com/headius/racc/Cparse.java
index 1f927c25..731ae2a4 100644
--- a/ext/racc/com/headius/racc/Cparse.java
+++ b/ext/racc/com/headius/racc/Cparse.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import org.jruby.runtime.load.Library;
 
 public class Cparse implements Library {
-    public static final String RACC_VERSION = "1.7.3.dev.1"; // TODO: parse from Cparse.c
+    public static final String RACC_VERSION = "1.7.3.pre.1"; // TODO: parse from Cparse.c
 
     public enum TokenType {
         DEFAULT(-1),
diff --git a/lib/racc/info.rb b/lib/racc/info.rb
index 34acda54..5da40d2f 100644
--- a/lib/racc/info.rb
+++ b/lib/racc/info.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #++
 
 module Racc
-  VERSION   = '1.7.3.dev.1'
+  VERSION   = '1.7.3.pre.1'
   Version = VERSION
   Copyright = 'Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Minero Aoki'
 end