diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5668d08ab..e6e444d11 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ver 0.15.9 (2009/??/??)
+
+
 ver 0.15.8 (2010/01/17)
 * input:
   - curl: allow rewinding with Icy-Metadata
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 25a23064d..a9e26df93 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.15.9~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)