diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06b42a8e9..7ab060f7c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 PROG      := busybox
-VERSION   := 0.51
+VERSION   := 0.52pre
 BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date -u "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
 export VERSION
 
diff --git a/busybox.spec b/busybox.spec
index b8e1a201e..645dfea4b 100644
--- a/busybox.spec
+++ b/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.51
+Version: 0.52pre
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1af626328..e0d0558ef 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+busybox (0.52-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Not yet released
+
+ -- Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>  Tue, 9 May 2001 11:30:54 -0600
+
 busybox (0.51-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fixes several critical bugs (see the busybox changelog
diff --git a/examples/busybox.spec b/examples/busybox.spec
index b8e1a201e..645dfea4b 100644
--- a/examples/busybox.spec
+++ b/examples/busybox.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: busybox
-Version: 0.51
+Version: 0.52pre
 Release: 1
 Group: System/Utilities
 Summary: BusyBox is a tiny suite of Unix utilities in a multi-call binary.