diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff35eac2..08a35a64 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.52 (???):
+
 xbps-0.51 (2015-12-12):
 
  * zsh completion: added -U/--unpack-only support for xbps-install(1).
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 596ce503..4cf4b6c0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.51
+VERSION=0.52
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=