diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 0369d0b1..bae5c7f6 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.21.2
+1.21.3
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5031e6dd..344f9aa2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU Wget NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 1.21.3 (2022-02-26)
 
 ** Fix computation of total bytes downloaded during FTP trasnfers (#61277)
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 2c0d7ce4..a8eb9016 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX = ^ABOUT-NLS|((msdos|vms)/.*)|ChangeLog-2014-12-10|
 update-copyright-env = UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1
 generated_files =
 
-old_NEWS_hash = aeb5129a870c3e8b8186045387b19715
+old_NEWS_hash = 39db0b0f2cce0f250b4f5b8891990f17
 manual_title = $(VERSION)