diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b331b18fb..77d4b48af 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.20.23 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.20.22 (2018/10/23)
 * protocol
   - add tag fallbacks for AlbumArtistSort, ArtistSort
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 687823dc4..2c75c3239 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.22, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.23, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=20
-VERSION_REVISION=22
+VERSION_REVISION=23
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])