diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f71a5acf..68eb0ef1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-01-19  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bump for post-5.10.
+
+2010-01-19  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Released version 5.10.
+
 2010-01-19  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	bug #28677: Cygwin's GCC no longer supports -mno-cygwin option
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 609fc47b..29b90d38 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 5.10:
 
   * Bugfixes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38b8ecde..cfbbfc04 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, 5.10, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.10svn, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST