diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fa038dc5851..50d979a5f02 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+?? ??? 2013, PHP 5.3.27
+
 ?? ??? 2013, PHP 5.3.26
 
+### DO NOT ADD ENTRIES HERE, ADD THEM ABOVE FOR 5.3.27 ###
+
 - Calendar:
   . Fixed bug #64895 (Integer overflow in SndToJewish). (Remi)
 
@@ -15,16 +19,16 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     pointer has closed). (Laruence)
 
 - Phar
-  . Fixed bug #64214 (PHAR PHPTs intermittently crash when run on DFS, SMB or with
-    non std tmp dir). (Pierre)
+  . Fixed bug #64214 (PHAR PHPTs intermittently crash when run on DFS, SMB or 
+    with non std tmp dir). (Pierre)
 
 - Streams:
   . Fixed bug #64770 (stream_select() fails with pipes returned by proc_open()
     on Windows x64). (Anatol)
 
 - Zend Engine:
-  . Fixed bug #64821 (Custom Exception crash when internal properties overridden).
-    (Anatol)
+  . Fixed bug #64821 (Custom Exception crash when internal properties
+    overridden). (Anatol)
 
 09 May 2013, PHP 5.3.25
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bfbc219b63e..0d9eff83398 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(main/php_config.h)
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=5
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=3
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=26
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=27
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index eeaffa3e449..1903611f29b 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.in to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 3
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 26
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 27
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.3.26-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50326
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.3.27-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50327