diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4db5f0300..dc51ab6fb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.22 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.21 (2014/12/17)
 * playlist
   - embcue: fix filename suffix detection
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0480640d..e253aa52f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.21, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.22, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18
-VERSION_REVISION=21
+VERSION_REVISION=22
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])