diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9da6019ba..9867367e3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.20 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.19 (2016/08/23)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: bug fix for FFmpeg 3.1 support
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e4764c923..8adaa4c23 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.19, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=19
+VERSION_REVISION=20
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])