diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index beaf86cd..68c32e0f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+xbps-0.39 (???):
+
 xbps-0.38 (2014-09-14):
 
  * Disabled best pkg matching code for performance reasons. When installing
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a3ed89f9..b46d5e65 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.38
+VERSION=0.39
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=