diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2bfa1aa9..f6c05e03 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-01-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bump version for post-5.8.
+
+2010-01-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bump version for release 5.8.
+
 2010-01-15  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Submitted by Soren Jorvang:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9d65c887..64bafd0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 (For more detailed changes, see the ChangeLog file.)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Current:
+
+  * New devices supported:
+
+  * New programmers supported:
+
+  * Bugfixes
+
+
 Version 5.9:
 
   * New devices supported:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5b40f002..821e26ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.9, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.9svn, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST