diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d40ee50f..f3b3c77f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.33 (???):
+
 xbps-0.32 (2014-02-21):
 
  * Fixed a bug in xbps_pkgpattern_name() where a string with some special
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d0580127..cd0c3245 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.32
+VERSION=0.33
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=