diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index de4a2ef35a..ca24467e1c 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ extra=""
 if test "$1" ; then
   extra="-$1"
 fi
-echo "#define VERSION \"dev-CVS-${last_cvs_update}${extra}\"" >version.h
+echo "#define VERSION \"dev-SVN-${last_cvs_update}${extra}\"" >version.h