diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eaa23fda..f9633709 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.8 (????-??-??)
+
 ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (2016-01-16)
 * Attempt to add non-song item to playlist from search engine doesn't trigger assertion failure anymore.
 * Fetching lyrics from metrolyrics.com was fixed.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 450b7364..db9aeb8c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.8_dev)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])