diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 336ed3ec..70d3d4d3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-16 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version for post-release.
+
 2007-05-16 Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version, releasing avrdude-5.4.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a5fd8ba6..61915c5c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
 (For more detailed changes, see the ChangeLog file.)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Current:
+
+
 Version 5.4:
 
   * New devices supported:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e754cc16..6081febe 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, 5.4, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
+AC_INIT(avrdude, 5.4cvs, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST