diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7350eb4f5..aaa79ed7e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.23.12 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.23.11 (2022/11/28)
 * database
   - simple: move default database to ~/.cache/mpd/db from ~/.cache/mpd.db
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 41320212f..68028d594 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           package="org.musicpd"
           android:installLocation="auto"
-          android:versionCode="70"
-          android:versionName="0.23.11">
+          android:versionCode="71"
+          android:versionName="0.23.12">
 
   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="30"/>
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6fb9b529e..467297e0f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.23.11',
+  version: '0.23.12',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',