diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c5ecc506bc17..bc8c362644cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ##
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 
-AC_INIT([frr], [8.5-dev], [https://github.com/frrouting/frr/issues])
+AC_INIT([frr], [8.5-dev-rv], [https://github.com/frrouting/frr/issues])
 PACKAGE_URL="https://frrouting.org/"
 AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_URL])
 PACKAGE_FULLNAME="FRRouting"