diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fa7bd9..e7369f5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([mapseq],[1.2.5])
+AC_INIT([mapseq],[1.2.6])
 
 : ${CXXFLAGS=-O3}
 
diff --git a/make-bin-package.sh b/make-bin-package.sh
index 2f397fb..8012031 100755
--- a/make-bin-package.sh
+++ b/make-bin-package.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-MSEQVER=1.2.5
+MSEQVER=1.2.6
 
 ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/mapseq-$MSEQVER-linux --bindir=`pwd`/mapseq-$MSEQVER-linux --enable-makestatic LIBS="-lgpm -ltermcap" CXXFLAGS="-O2"
 make install