diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d2c4204e..393c46767 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.24 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.23.6 (not yet released)
 
 ver 0.23.5 (2021/12/01)
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 971960831..404436f5a 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ author = 'Max Kellermann'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.23.6'
+version = '0.24'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-#release = version + '~git'
+release = version + '~git'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e1ab1f997..8695e3ff1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.23.6',
+  version: '0.24',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',