diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e8c2dcdb..bea9b2ebb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.17 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.16 (2014/09/26)
 * fix DSD breakage due to typo in configure.ac
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d6b8526c..d6526e883 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.16, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.17, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18
-VERSION_REVISION=0
+VERSION_REVISION=17
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])