diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ee317f3cc..a18d63faf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.7 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.6 (2014/12/08)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: support FFmpeg 2.5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7ec0dbf9a..66a942288 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.6, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.7, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=6
+VERSION_REVISION=7
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])