diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 10b5e1883..ea8a34feb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.22.4 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.22.3 (2020/11/06)
 * playlist
   - add option "as_directory", making CUE file expansion optional
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 2df29d071..9b163b6cb 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ author = 'Max Kellermann'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.22.3'
+version = '0.22.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e0df9d4d2..eead7888f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.22.3',
+  version: '0.22.4',
   meson_version: '>= 0.49.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',