diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 21b44eec3..8a39a6504 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.19 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.18 (2014/11/18)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: support opus
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ca3d9b24f..2e0061954 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.18, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.19, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18
-VERSION_REVISION=18
+VERSION_REVISION=19
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])