diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a6832f7c..41ecdfb00 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+=== Transmission 2.83 (2014/05/18) ===
+[http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?milestone=2.83&group=component&order=severity All tickets closed by this release]
+==== All Platforms ====
+  * Licensing change: the GNU GPLv2 code can now be used under GNU GPL v2 or v3
+  * Fix network hanging issues that could occur when both UTP and DHT were enabled
+  * Fix 2.82 file descriptor leak when importing a blocklist
+  * Disallow torrents that contain "/../" in the path
+  * Fix 2.82 bug that didn't retain peers between sessions
+  * Fix potential dangling memory error in UDP tracker DNS lookups
+  * Remember a torrent's "queued" state between Transmission sessions
+  * Updated 3rd party libraries: DHT updated to v0.22, miniupnpc updated to v1.9
+  * Autoconf script fixes: better detection of ccache, minupnpc
+  * Fix the X-Transmission-Session-Id header to be valid with the SPDY protocol
+  * Fix thread safety bugs in the tr_list datatype
+  * When determining free disk space on NetBSD>=6, support its Quota feature
+  * Windows portability improvements
+==== Mac Client ====
+  * Show all torrents when the filter bar is hidden
+  * Show zero-byte files correctly
+  * Share option in file menu and context menu
+  * Coalesce multiple Speed Limit Auto Enabled/Disabled notifications 
+==== GTK+ Client ====
+  * Fix threading issue on shutdown
+==== Qt Client ====
+  * Fix toggle-downloading-by-pressing-spacebar in the file list
+  * Fix "Open URL" crash from dangling pointer
+  * Support launching downloaded files from inside Transmission
+  * On Windows, use native Windows icons 
+  * Improved network status info and tooltip in the status bar
+  * Fix "Open Torrent" dialog crash in Qt 5.2
+==== Daemon ====
+  * On systemd systems, fix config reloading via 'systemctl reload'
+  * Use libevent's event loop
+  * Fix discrepancy in curl SSL setup between tr-daemon and tr-remote
+  * Fix broken OS X build
+==== Web Client ====
+  * Support file renaming in the web client
+  * Fix incorrect torrent state being displayed for magnet links
+  * Make URLs in the the torrent's Comment field clickable (and sanitize them to prevent cross-scripting)
+
 === Transmission 2.82 (2013/08/08) ===
 [http://trac.transmissionbt.com/query?milestone=2.82&group=component&order=severity All tickets closed by this release]
 ==== All Platforms ====
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 799bd0b49..0b538b022 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ dnl STATUS: "X" for prerelease beta builds,
 dnl         "Z" for unsupported trunk builds,
 dnl         "0" for stable, supported releases
 dnl these should be the only two lines you need to change
-m4_define([user_agent_prefix],[2.82+])
-m4_define([peer_id_prefix],[-TR282Z-])
+m4_define([user_agent_prefix],[2.83])
+m4_define([peer_id_prefix],[-TR2830-])
 
 AC_INIT([transmission],[user_agent_prefix],[http://trac.transmissionbt.com/newticket])
 AC_SUBST(USERAGENT_PREFIX,[user_agent_prefix])