diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3065754da..246993150 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+libgphoto2 2.5.27.1 development snapshot
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 libgphoto2 2.5.27 release
 
 ptp2:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b5e12d8e..39aa6a20b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl NOTE: Be version style _higher_ than the last release.
 dnl       So lastversion.X.trunk for instance. Bump X if necessary.
 
 dnl ******* THE NEXT RELEASE VERSION MUST BE 2.5.28 at least or higher!
-AC_INIT([libgphoto2 photo camera library], [2.5.27], [gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net], [libgphoto2])
+AC_INIT([libgphoto2 photo camera library], [2.5.27.1], [gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net], [libgphoto2])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libgphoto2/gphoto2-version.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])