diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index b8eb02635..2983cad04 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.1
+8.2
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 72c870961..bef66c87f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.2 (2009-12-11) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index c57c0d3e9..2d626b0e1 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 2a36ca50a949f959645d9bfac8ec83ce
+old_NEWS_hash = 919fd726a332310f8448ebcddd2b10e9
 
 # Ensure that the list of O_ symbols used to compute O_FULLBLOCK is complete.
 dd = $(srcdir)/src/dd.c