diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 798d12aa..1760d33c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+xbps-0.56 (???):
+
+
 xbps-0.55 (2019-06-21):
 
  * xbps-install(1): Added `-D, --download-only` flag to allow
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 47dfe9b6..1d7b2603 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.55
+VERSION=0.56
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=