diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 39574a33..c5ea29d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ncmpcpp-0.7.1 (????-??-??)
+
 ncmpcpp-0.7 (2015-11-22)
 * Playlist sorting dialog now contains 'Album artist' option.
 * Default keybindings were corrected to allow tag edition in the right column of tag editor.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 51b31abd..611860c4 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)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.1_dev)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])