diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 2ca2683..c3ab28b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ You can also run configure  in a separate build-only directory tree.  This
 feature requires GNU Make and allows you to keep the source code tree from
 being modified by  the compilation process.  To use  this option, create a
 separate build directory, then run  configure.  For example, if you placed
-the Star Traders  source code tree in $HOME/src/trader-7.5,  you could run
+the Star Traders  source code tree in $HOME/src/trader-7.6,  you could run
 something like:
 
-    mkdir $HOME/build/trader-build-7.5
-    cd $HOME/build/trader-build-7.5
-    $HOME/src/trader-7.5/configure
+    mkdir $HOME/build/trader-build-7.6
+    cd $HOME/build/trader-build-7.6
+    $HOME/src/trader-7.6/configure
 
 Once again, the Autoconf manual describes these options (and many others):
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6fca7da..af96be4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ consult the Subversion repository for "trader" on The ZAP Group web server
 at http://www.zap.org.au/services/svn/.
 
 
+Version 7.6 (not yet released)
+------------------------------
+
+(Nothing yet...)
+
+
 Version 7.5 (24th May, 2014)
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f93d444..fe14b94 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
 
-AC_INIT([Star Traders], [7.5], [J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au], [trader], [http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/])
+AC_INIT([Star Traders], [7.6], [J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au], [trader], [http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/])
 AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_AUTHOR], ["John Zaitseff"], [Package author])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.67])