diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9301f1dcc..b48badb56 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.6 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.5 (2013/11/23)
 * configuration
   - fix crash when db_file is configured without music_directory
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b55c19e30..8d4f459e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.5, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.6~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18