diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 54be560c5..70a0c77a9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.23.9 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.23.8 (2022/07/09)
 * storage
   - curl: fix crash if web server does not understand WebDAV
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index ef8df3f49..3586de703 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           package="org.musicpd"
           android:installLocation="auto"
-          android:versionCode="67"
-          android:versionName="0.23.8">
+          android:versionCode="68"
+          android:versionName="0.23.9">
 
   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="30"/>
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 170e0e8cd..59f705e8d 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ author = 'Max Kellermann'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.23.8'
+version = '0.23.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 #release = version + '~git'
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e371c274f..51d6139a4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.23.8',
+  version: '0.23.9',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',