diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7a3173f57..7a12778d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.10 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.9 (2014/03/02)
 * protocol
   - "findadd" requires the "add" permission
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 81bdcea24..ae3a2341c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.9, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.10, mpd-devel@musicpd.org)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18