diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c1135e59..aff137b6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.49 (???):
+
 xbps-0.48 (2015-10-30):
 
  * xbps-alternatives(1): new utility to list or set alternatives provided by
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5a9f8c53..86eaf686 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.48
+VERSION=0.49
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=