diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8da9b5e..5bbccce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 47267 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 51173 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.6.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://www.python.org/python-bugs>.
 #
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='python'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='python'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.5'
-PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.5'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.6'
+PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.6'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://www.python.org/python-bugs'
 
 ac_unique_file="Include/object.h"
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures python 2.5 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures python 2.6 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of python 2.5:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of python 2.6:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit 0
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-python configure 2.5
+python configure 2.6
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by python $as_me 2.5, which was
+It was created by python $as_me 2.6, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@
 mv confdefs.h.new confdefs.h
 
 
-VERSION=2.5
+VERSION=2.6
 
 
 SOVERSION=1.0
@@ -22610,7 +22610,7 @@
 } >&5
 cat >&5 <<_CSEOF
 
-This file was extended by python $as_me 2.5, which was
+This file was extended by python $as_me 2.6, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -22670,7 +22670,7 @@
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-python config.status 2.5
+python config.status 2.6
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 542463e..56212a7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf 2.0 or later to make a configure script.
 
 # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
-m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.5)
+m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.6)
 
 AC_REVISION($Revision$)
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)