diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index f094827..7059554 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -7092,21 +7092,16 @@
 if test ${with_python3_stable_abi+y}
 then :
   withval=$with_python3_stable_abi;
-	 if test "X$withval" = "Xyes"; then
-	   vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
-	 else
-	   vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi="$withval"
-	 fi
-	 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" >&5
+     if test "X$withval" = "Xyes"; then
+       vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
+     else
+       vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi="$withval"
+     fi
+     { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "$vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" >&6; }
-else $as_nop
-
-	 vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
-	 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no. defaults to $python3_stable_abi_default." >&5
-printf "%s\n" "no. defaults to $python3_stable_abi_default." >&6; }
 fi
 
-      if test "X$vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" != "Xno"; then
+      if test "X$vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" != "X"; then
         if test ${vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi_hex+y}
 then :
   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 43832dc..abd0c44 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -1544,16 +1544,13 @@
       AC_SUBST(vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi)
       AC_ARG_WITH(python3-stable-abi, [  --with-python3-stable-abi=VERSION  stable ABI version to target (default: 3.8)],
         [
-	 if test "X$withval" = "Xyes"; then
-	   vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
-	 else
-	   vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi="$withval"
-	 fi
-	 AC_MSG_RESULT($vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi)],
-        [
-	 vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
-	 AC_MSG_RESULT(no. defaults to $python3_stable_abi_default.)])
-      if test "X$vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" != "Xno"; then
+     if test "X$withval" = "Xyes"; then
+       vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi=$python3_stable_abi_default
+     else
+       vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi="$withval"
+     fi
+     AC_MSG_RESULT($vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi)])
+      if test "X$vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi" != "X"; then
         AC_CACHE_VAL(vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi_hex,
         [
          vi_cv_var_python3_stable_abi_hex=`
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9a6a945..3a34efe 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    691,
+/**/
     690,
 /**/
     689,