diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 68456758fb0b..0cce419e7712 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="5.1"
-BRANCH="XP"
+BRANCH="CURRENT"
 RELEASE="${REVISION}-${BRANCH}"
 VERSION="${TYPE} ${RELEASE}"