diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d460f0c9d..15c3ec00e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ver 0.15.3 (2009/??/??)
+
+
 ver 0.15.2 (2009/08/15)
 * tags:
   - ape: check the tag size (fixes integer underflow)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b4a5ff529..7b4634307 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.2, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.3~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.9 dist-bzip2])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)