diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9f86932e3..77470dbc4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-06-11  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
+
+	* configure.in : require mono-0.96, bump the version, tag.
+
 2004-06-11  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
 
 	* configure.in : remove the mint usage for darwin.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6e5ffe052..e01a0143b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_INIT(README)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gtk-sharp, 0.93.99)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gtk-sharp, 0.96)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 API_VERSION=1.0.0.0
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(crosspkgdir, [  --with-crosspkgdir=/path/to/pkg-config/dir],
 	fi
 )
 
-MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.95
+MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.96
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MONO_DEPENDENCY, mono >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mono=true, has_mono=false)
 
 if test "x$has_mono" = "xtrue"; then