diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 2983cad04..cf022018d 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.2
+8.3
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8be27c197..3b382e936 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.3 (2010-01-07) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8d8a0db86..d46593344 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 67237f9a765e6e1af0cb89e428ed2663
+old_NEWS_hash = beab130e9d41bf8014a0594cfe8b28d4
 
 # Ensure that the list of O_ symbols used to compute O_FULLBLOCK is complete.
 dd = $(srcdir)/src/dd.c