diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 08072c18..6e8cb1ef 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.60
+0.61
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1a2758f5..f1cd15eb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Init.
-AC_INIT(dosbox,0.60)
+AC_INIT(dosbox,0.61)
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README)