diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5d5b08731..fa0477a1a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.23.8 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.23.7 (2022/05/09)
 * database
   - upnp: support pupnp 1.14
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 90e51ca9f..170e0e8cd 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ author = 'Max Kellermann'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.23.7'
+version = '0.23.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 #release = version + '~git'
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index df5972e75..d4ea38920 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.23.7',
+  version: '0.23.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',