diff --git a/test/configure.in b/test/configure.in
index 5e34c5664b26319f85061cf55b6d5f23230e709e..9099718629a2cf1bfcf8ee843f6e395c7f09fdb5 100644
--- a/test/configure.in
+++ b/test/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(README)
 
 dnl Setup for automake
-SDL_VERSION=1.2.3
+SDL_VERSION=1.2.6
 
 dnl Detect the canonical host and target build environment
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST