diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6a4fece5..a88b1b2b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.9 (????-??-??)
+
 ncmpcpp-0.8.2 (2018-04-11)
 * Help screen: fixed display of EoF keycode
 * Fixed possible integer overflow when resizing screen
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dbcaa63..934811a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([ncmpcpp], [0.8.2])
+AC_INIT([ncmpcpp], [0.9_dev])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])