diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 5154b3f6..1effb003 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6
+2.7
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e1cc8e1e..ef33a585 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU inetutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
+# Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 # Noteworthy changes in release 2.7 (2025-12-14) [stable]
 
 ** Systems without asprintf are now supported through the use of gnulib.
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index ca38cb43..38fc2ee5 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ manual_title = GNU Networking Utilities
 guix = $(shell command -v guix > /dev/null && echo ,guix)
 bootstrap-tools = gnulib,autoconf,automake,bison,m4,makeinfo,help2man,make,gzip,tar$(guix)
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 978e04ad0582adfe385211503529970e
+old_NEWS_hash = fee7edf0654ac08ffc242144bbb51975
 
 translation_project_ =