diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6a8778a3..f649a585 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+xbps-0.55 (???):
+
+
 xbps-0.54 (2019-06-21):
 
  * xbps now collects all package files in transaction to check for
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 49f9255f..47dfe9b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.54
+VERSION=0.55
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=