diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f49028293..9a7a69ec9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.19 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.18 (2016/08/05)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: fix crash with older FFmpeg versions (< 3.0)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1a3a20c12..e4764c923 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.18, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.19, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=18
+VERSION_REVISION=19
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])