diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 964ef03..35fde74 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([libosmodsp],
-        m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+        [0.4.0],
         [gmr@lists.osmocom.org])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip 1.6])