diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 315dfdb85..fa02106b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.6 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.5 (2014/11/26)
 * input
   - nfs: fix crash on connection failure
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f8d100331..7ec0dbf9a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.5, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.6, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=5
+VERSION_REVISION=6
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])