diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 0a3414ba..86915721 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dnl Perform program name transformation
 AC_ARG_PROGRAM
 
 dnl Automake doc recommends to do this only here. (Janos)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(taglib,1.4)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(taglib,1.6)
 
 dnl almost the same like KDE_SET_PEFIX but the path is /usr/local
 dnl