diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8cc6cdd81..8d0ddc1ff 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.13 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.12 (2014/07/30)
 * database
   - proxy: fix build failure with libmpdclient 2.2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36f785f4d..bcaec1a85 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.12, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.13, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18