diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0ff1c52..6cbd1eb3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-21 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version to 5.3cvs.
+
 2006-12-21 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Released AVRDUDE 5.3.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 94fcbc37..9cc9644b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 (For more detailed changes, see the ChangeLog file.)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Current:
+
 Version 5.3:
 
   * Add support for the AVR Dragon (all modes: ISP, JTAG, HVSP, PP,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2449dd49..bae45077 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, 5.3, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.3cvs, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST