diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7fe3ef4348..5b8384cde2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script   -*- sh -*-
 
-AC_INIT(LyX,2.3.4-2,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
+AC_INIT(LyX,2.3.4.2,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
 # Use ISO format only. The frontend needs to parse this
 AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2020-02-07"])