diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60229804b..c316360e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.24.1 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.24 (2025/03/11)
 * protocol
   - new command "searchcount" (case-insensitive "count")
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8bbe58e66..9660a07f6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.24',
+  version: '0.24.1',
   meson_version: '>= 1.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',