diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6df4e294..909d3e0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.25 (???):
+
 xbps-0.24 (2013-05-02):
 
  * xbps-rindex(8): added -f, --force flag to forcefully register a package even
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 50959faf..e3db8358 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.24
+VERSION=0.25
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=