diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bc8d6407..4e3344de 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.23 (???):
+
 xbps-0.22 (2013-03-23):
 
  * xbps-create(8): a new option --build-options has been added to add a string
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 320a854c..dd8a04ad 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.22
+VERSION=0.23
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=