diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d59f4614d..731aa6bb4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.18.8 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.18.7 (2013/01/13)
 * playlist
   - pls: fix crash after parser error
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2cd0c7720..b176aeedd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.7, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.18.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=18