diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f59539972..191af38a0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.21.7 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.21.6 (2019/03/17)
 * protocol
   - allow loading playlists specified as absolute filesystem paths
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 1d486ae48..426eb731b 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ author = 'Max Kellermann'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.21.6'
+version = '0.21.7'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 723b72295..d57928479 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.21.6',
+  version: '0.21.7',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.2',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c99',