diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0784f60e..4ca4e898 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.34 (???):
+
 xbps-0.33 (2014-03-11):
 
  * xbps-dgraph: fixed a segfault if rootdir wasn't set:
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f59341e..b08431de 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.33
+VERSION=0.34
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=