diff --git a/lal/configure.ac b/lal/configure.ac
index e88893e0156c3e5792407b00689084434c0275ba..e2f5d6c8326ba6feac68d51bad6f732ca4fbec33 100644
--- a/lal/configure.ac
+++ b/lal/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([LAL],[6.20.1],[lal-discuss@ligo.org])
+AC_INIT([LAL],[6.20.2],[lal-discuss@ligo.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h src/LALConfig.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/std/LALStdio.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([gnuscripts])