diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index a3ec5a4..eb39e53 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.2
+3.3
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 12ad4f7..ef73e2f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU diffutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.3 (2013-03-24) [stable]
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 9e31187..1db88cf 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 7d70c18e90495732e671b3c94da01651
+old_NEWS_hash = 1d1b7468264850b366b1138bd78e5520
 
 # Tell maint.mk's syntax-check rules that diff gets config.h directly or
 # via diff.h or system.h.