diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 45598ac05..e8f0345b9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.20.9 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.20.8 (2017/05/19)
 * output
   - osx: fix build failure due to missing "noexcept"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26053f833..403254c63 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.9, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=20
-VERSION_REVISION=8
+VERSION_REVISION=9
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])