diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index df7493f80..a9e424aca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.18 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.17 (2016/07/09)
 * decoder
   - flac: fix assertion failure while seeking
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b5d59c216..ccb49ddfd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.17, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.18, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=17
+VERSION_REVISION=18
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])