diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5af97719..9f709010 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-09-17  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version to post-6.0.
+
 2013-09-17  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version to 6.0.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 02c366ae..387578bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 (For more detailed changes, see the ChangeLog file.)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Current:
+
+  * Major changes compared to the previous version:
+    - ...
+
+  * New devices supported:
+    - ...
+
+  * New programmers supported:
+    - ...
+
+  * Bugfixes
+    - bug #XXXX: xxx
+    - patch #XXXX: xxx
+
+  * Internals:
+    - ...
+
+
 Version 6.0:
 
   * Major changes compared to the previous version:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9224080f..2e8f62a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 6.0, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 6.1-svn-20130917, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST