diff --git a/cloud.spec b/cloud.spec
index b0afa09b107..3fa1244dbad 100644
--- a/cloud.spec
+++ b/cloud.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # DISABLE the post-percentinstall java repacking and line number stripping
 # we need to find a way to just disable the java repacking and line number stripping, but not the autodeps
 
-%define _ver 2.1.2.1
+%define _ver 2.1.99
 %define _rel 1
 
 Name:      cloud
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3661f93d8ee..c95c65d2929 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-cloud (2.1.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+cloud (2.1.99) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Releasing 2.1.2.1
+  * Releasing 2.1.99
 
  -- Rudd-O <manuel@cloud.com>  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:03:32 -0700
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 5f9dad132e6..b333f8a00c1 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # the following two variables are used by the target "waf dist"
 # if you change 'em here, you need to change it also in cloud.spec, add a %changelog entry there, and add an entry in debian/changelog
-VERSION = '2.1.2.1'
+VERSION = '2.1.99'
 APPNAME = 'cloud'
 
 import shutil,os