diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f3786f689..748616d44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.20.8 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.20.7 (2017/05/15)
 * database
   - simple: fix false positive directory loop detection with NFS
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb74afbdb..26053f833 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.7, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=20
-VERSION_REVISION=7
+VERSION_REVISION=8
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])