diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2ef0d20..d809f03 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.5.7:
+ *
+
 1.5.6: November 12, 2008
  * Greatly improved the speed of wiki searching for Luminotes Server and
    luminotes.com. Also included a section on search performance within the
diff --git a/config/Version.py b/config/Version.py
index f8485de..ece6e15 100644
--- a/config/Version.py
+++ b/config/Version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = u"1.5.6"
+VERSION = u"1.5.7"