diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 79a38d4a6..99e0a6852 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+New in spot 0.9a:
+
+  Nothing yet.
+
 New in spot 0.9 (2012-05-09):
 
   * New features:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 095b8a8ed..ab1684a71 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # 02111-1307, USA.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([spot], [0.9], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [0.9a], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])