diff --git a/avrdude/ChangeLog b/avrdude/ChangeLog
index bea2fe87..a4ce8b9e 100644
--- a/avrdude/ChangeLog
+++ b/avrdude/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-02  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac: Prepare for releasing version 5.7
+
 2009-07-02  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	* main.c: Add my name to the copyright output when being verbose.
diff --git a/avrdude/configure.ac b/avrdude/configure.ac
index d960f7bd..02a6cfe4 100644
--- a/avrdude/configure.ac
+++ b/avrdude/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.7cvs, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.7, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST