diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 681fba0e..f4f75aa5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version CVS-HEAD
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Interface changes relative to the 0.3.6 release:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 0.3.7 (2002-06-04)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 009d5a8e..14150fab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #   (Interfaces added:			AGE++)
 #   (Interfaces removed:		AGE=0)
 #
-AC_INIT(gpgme, 0.3.7, [gnupg-devel@gnupg.org])
+AC_INIT(gpgme, 0.3.8-cvs, [gnupg-devel@gnupg.org])
 LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT=8
 LIBGPGME_LT_AGE=2
 LIBGPGME_LT_REVISION=1