diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b02251298..74aeac543 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.20.6 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.20.5 (2017/02/20)
 * tags
   - id3: fix memory leak on corrupt ID3 tags
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 06d593383..00f60c69a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.5, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.6, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=20
-VERSION_REVISION=5
+VERSION_REVISION=6
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])