diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 09e90b27..a2c92e12 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (????-??-??)
+
 ncmpcpp-0.7.1 (2016-01-01)
 * Selected songs in media library can now be added to playlists.
 * Confirmation before shuffling a playlist can now be disabled.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09649ca9..0f730dc3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.2_dev)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])