diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c371c26b..dbe065be 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.40 (???):
+
 xbps-0.39 (2014-09-15):
 
  * Updated bash/zsh completions for >= 0.38 with new features (Contributed by
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b46d5e65..d7104fdd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.39
+VERSION=0.40
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=