diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 19cc90b8..867e056f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Current news
 ============
-6.9-WIP
+6.10-WIP
+
+6.9
 TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.9 comes with numerous improvements:
 - They are compatible with ntfsprogs 2.0, the latest library version for
 accessing NTFS partitions, e2fsprogs 1.40.6, the latest library for accessing
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0add8c7..b6a5cefe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([testdisk],[6.9-WIP],[grenier@cgsecurity.org])
+AC_INIT([testdisk],[6.10-WIP],[grenier@cgsecurity.org])
 TESTDISKDATE="February 2008"
 AC_SUBST(TESTDISKDATE)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TESTDISKDATE],"$TESTDISKDATE",[Date of release])