diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c5b7bad66..c590f9f49 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ m4_define([libnl_lt_revision],	 [0])
 m4_define([libnl_lt_age],        [22])
 
 m4_define([libnl_version],
-	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version-rc1])
+	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version])
 
 AC_INIT(libnl, [libnl_version], [], [], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/defs.h])
diff --git a/doc/configure.ac b/doc/configure.ac
index 5831b9e22..dac83dc4d 100644
--- a/doc/configure.ac
+++ b/doc/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2013 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
 #
 
-AC_INIT(libnl-doc, [3.2.27-rc1], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
+AC_INIT(libnl-doc, [3.2.27], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
diff --git a/include/netlink/utils.h b/include/netlink/utils.h
index ceef61514..31e27f72f 100644
--- a/include/netlink/utils.h
+++ b/include/netlink/utils.h
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ enum {
 	NL_CAPABILITY_RTNL_NEIGH_GET_FILTER_AF_UNSPEC_FIX = 10,
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_RTNL_NEIGH_GET_FILTER_AF_UNSPEC_FIX NL_CAPABILITY_RTNL_NEIGH_GET_FILTER_AF_UNSPEC_FIX
 
+	/**
+	 * The library version is libnl3 3.2.27 or newer. This capability should never be backported.
+	 */
+	NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_27 = 11,
+#define NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_27 NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_27
+
 	__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX,
 	NL_CAPABILITY_MAX = (__NL_CAPABILITY_MAX - 1),
 #define NL_CAPABILITY_MAX NL_CAPABILITY_MAX
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 1fabcdbaa..08db79e4f 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ int nl_has_capability (int capability)
 		_NL_SET(1,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_LINK_BUILD_CHANGE_REQUEST_SET_CHANGE,
 			NL_CAPABILITY_RTNL_NEIGH_GET_FILTER_AF_UNSPEC_FIX,
-			0,
+			NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_2_27,
 			0,
 			0,
 			0,