diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e654211b3..834d89afe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.23 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.22.1 (not yet released)
 * output
   - alsa: don't deadlock when the ALSA driver is buggy
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 464ea81c9..6ecaf42c3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.22.1',
+  version: '0.23~git',
   meson_version: '>= 0.49.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c99',