diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 066e12792..d04efbc73 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.9 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.8 (2014/02/07)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: support libav v10_alpha1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 301c3a033..6b14a695c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.8, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.9, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18