diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8c8968f2..04b3adb2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.45 (???):
+
 xbps-0.44.1 (2015-03-21):
 
  * libxbps: fixed xbps_get_pkg_fulldeptree() when a pkg depends on itself via
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0bdf0224..acabcf5e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.44.1
+VERSION=0.45
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=