3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index eb39e53..2f4b607 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.3
+3.4
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 536dba5..add082b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU diffutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.4 (2016-08-08) [stable]
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 83e7860..5e0f045 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 8632093db0c946f65f639f06ac7de39a
+old_NEWS_hash = 69329628b612be7ab46517bbf067c85f
 
 # Tell maint.mk's syntax-check rules that diff gets config.h directly or
 # via diff.h or system.h.