diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fdd73ef9..72452306 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 TOP           = $(shell pwd)
 
-VERSION       = 0.5.1
+VERSION       = 0.5.2dev
 OS            = $(shell uname -s)
 BUILD_DATE    = $(shell date "+%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 767f80e0..2c7b6159 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <pre>
+2007-XX-XX:
+	* version 0.5.2
+
 2007-09-03:
 	* version 0.5.1
 	* native / and ? search and n and N working again