diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e4f6fcf4e..0105b91b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.23 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.22 (2014/01/14)
 * fix clang 3.6 warnings
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e253aa52f..58ec172ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.22, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.23, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18
-VERSION_REVISION=22
+VERSION_REVISION=23
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])