diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bf6bf11b6..57da4d7ae 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.4 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.3 (2014/11/11)
 * protocol
   - fix "(null)" result string to "list" when AlbumArtist is disabled
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a0c1e32ed..bdbfa9beb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.3, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.4, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=3
+VERSION_REVISION=4
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])