diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 794773b92..f5230568f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.26 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 2.0.25 (2014-06-30)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c92c3152..417cf25d1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.10"
 # (git tag -s gnupg-2.n.m) and run "./autogen.sh --force".  Please
 # bump the version number immediately *after* the release and do
 # another commit and push so that the git magic is able to work.
-m4_define([mym4_version], [2.0.25])
+m4_define([mym4_version], [2.0.26])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a