diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a6ea3332..b6e78763 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.41 (???):
+
 xbps-0.40 (2014-09-18):
 
  * xbps-install(8): handle xbps_transaction_prepare() returning ENOSPC, to
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d7104fdd..256d1423 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.40
+VERSION=0.41
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=