diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a276e71c5..07594a4fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-22  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* src-release (VER): Change bfd/configure.in sed to use the new
+	`bfd/configure --version` output.
+
 2013-02-15  Yufeng Zhang  <yufeng.zhang@arm.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Sync with GCC repo.
diff --git a/src-release b/src-release
index cba438492..c388cbe5a 100644
--- a/src-release
+++ b/src-release
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SUPPORT_FILES = list-of-support-files-for-tool-in-question
 # NOTE: No double quotes in the below.  It is used within shell script
 # as VER="$(VER)"
 VER = `	if grep 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.*BFD_VERSION' $(TOOL)/configure.in >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
-	  sed < bfd/configure.in -n 's/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE[^,]*, *\([^)]*\))/\1/p'; \
+	  bfd/configure --version | sed -n -e '1s,.* ,,p'; \
 	elif grep AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE $(TOOL)/configure.in >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 	  sed < $(TOOL)/configure.in -n 's/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE[^,]*, *\([^)]*\))/\1/p'; \
 	elif test -f $(TOOL)/version.in; then \