diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f79fdb07..5eb24061 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-03-13  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version for post-6.1.
+
 2014-03-12  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version to 6.1.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1542d08b..fece398d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Current:
 
+  * Major changes compared to the previous version:
+    - ...
+
+  * New programmers supported:
+    - ...
+
+  * Bugfixes
+    - ...
+
+  * Internals:
+    - ...
+
+Version 6.1:
+
   * Major changes compared to the previous version:
     - Atmel EDBG protocol support added (JTAGICE3, XplainedPro, Atmel-ICE)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6dbaa8b6..94be984c 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, 6.1, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 6.1-20140313, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST